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Fig. 381.—Termes lucifugus. Male (A), Worker (B), Soldier (C), magnified. 
Fecundated female of Termes bellicosus, natural size, surrounded by workers (D D D D). 
which we have of these insects.* The largest of the species 
observed is the Termes bellicosus,. The workers are a fifth of an 
* “Some Account of the Termites,” &c., in the Philosophical Transactions, vol- 
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