Bui. 1232, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE III. 



Damage by Kalotermitdaei to the Dry Hard Wood of Furniture in 



Buildings. 



A, Hard beech wood from a drawer of a desk damaged by Cryploiermes thompsonae, in a build- 

 ing at Ancon, C. Z. B, Back panel of an organ in a chapel at Ancon, damaged by C. thomp- 

 sonse. C, Pellets of C. thompsonae near natural size. B, Wood from poplar case damaged by 

 C. thompsonae in a building at Ancon, C. Z. E, Impressed pellets of excrement of C. thomp- 

 sonae, greatly enlarged; actual size, 0.85 by 0.54 millimeter. 



