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saw a ^ break open a piece of tunnel, into whicli a termite had 

 retreated, but cannot be sure, and the practice certainly was not 

 general. Nor are the termites followed into the galleries, partly^ 

 perhaps, because the passage is too small for a Lohopelta, but equally, 

 I imagine, because such a measure would be very like ' drawing' 

 a badger ' only more so.' Mr. Aitken tells me he has seen "hundreds 

 going into a hole in the ground and emerging with white ants," but 

 this is very different from entering a termite gallery. 



95. L. Chinensis (Mayr). 



Poena Districts (18/10/90 c^). 



Kanara E. H. Aitken. 



Mt. Abu F. Gleadow. 



Calcutta G.A.J. Rothney. 



Orissa .Jas. Taylor. (2/9/90 6). 



This species is even commoner than the last. Distinguenda would 

 seem to be a denizen of forests, while Chinensis prefers more open 

 and inhabited country. I have only once seen Chinensis on the 

 war-path, and then the objective, a large worm, in several pieces, 

 had been reached, and the column was on its way home. The 

 column I must say was more a mob than a disciplined army, 

 but this may have been due to the fact, that the normal irregularity 

 of the homeward march was enhanced by the size and shape of the 

 booty, which did not admit of its being carried ' according to the 

 regulations.' On the other hand, I have often, during the early 

 part of the rains, witnessed a migration (or was it a colonization, 

 in no case was a ?, even apterous, present?), when the discipline 

 and regularity of the column left nothing to be desired. My ex- 

 perience seems to show that Chinensis prefers a formation in fours, 

 at any rate when carrying her own larvae and pupse. Mr. Aitken 

 has furnished me with the following most interesting note on 

 Chinensis. " There is a populous community of this aht, in a hole, 

 in the foundations of my house, at Goa. From the nest there is a 

 well marked 'road,' crossing a broad gravel path, and then 

 ramifying all over the tennis ground. They issue after sunset, 

 and march along one of the main branches, or break up into par- 

 ties and take different routes. When they come to a place where 



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