No. 3. ] Miscellaneous Rotes from, the Entomological Section. 141 



The above represents various stages in the life-history of the 

 common white ant of Lower Bengal, Termes taprobanes, Walker. The 

 first block represents the soldier with large mandibles, also the worker 

 with small mandibles : the natural size in each case is indicated by a 

 hair line. The second block represents the winged form natural size. 

 The third block represents the full grown larva with budding wings, 

 also the fertilised female after it has dropped its wings and returned to 

 the nest, but before its abdomen has expanded to any very considerable 

 extent. The natural size in each case is indicated by a hair line. The 

 fourth block represents the female, natural size, after it has attained its 

 full growth in the nest. The species is referred to in these Notes, vol- 

 ume II, page 172, and volume III, page 23. 



G. I. C. P. O.-No. 178 B. & A. D.- 5- 4 =94 -1,000. 



