Bui. 333, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IX. 



Pig. 1.— Heartwood of living chestnut tree disintegrated by Leucotermes sp. Falls 

 Church, Va. (Original.) 



Fig. 2. — Small corn plants with the "bud" killed by termites. These insects cut a hole into 

 the stem at the base, severing the central shoot, which is dead at the top. Hurricane Mills, 

 Tenn., June 19, 1912. Photograph by G. G. Ainslie. (Original.) 



