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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  mounted 
  and 
  unmounted, 
  newspaper 
  files 
  and 
  other 
  material. 
  The 
  

   white 
  ants 
  fairly 
  riddled 
  the 
  blocks 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  electrotypes 
  

   were 
  mounted 
  and 
  ran 
  galleries 
  through 
  files 
  of 
  back 
  publications, 
  

   thus 
  causing 
  heavy 
  losses. 
  

  

  These 
  insects 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  recognized 
  as 
  white, 
  wingless, 
  ant- 
  

   like 
  forms. 
  They 
  are 
  only 
  seen, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  when 
  material 
  in 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  boring 
  has 
  been 
  disturbed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  mentioned 
  

  

  Fig 
  iq 
  Termes 
  flavipes:a, 
  queen; 
  b, 
  youriK 
  of 
  winged 
  female; 
  

   coworker 
  d. 
  soldier, 
  all 
  enlarged. 
  (After 
  Marlalt. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep't 
  Agnc. 
  

   Div. 
  Ent. 
  Bui. 
  4. 
  n. 
  s. 
  1896) 
  

  

  instance. 
  This 
  form 
  remains 
  active 
  throughout 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  that 
  are 
  kept 
  warm 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  The 
  ants 
  excavate 
  

   numerous 
  irregular 
  galleries 
  through 
  wood, 
  paper 
  and 
  almost 
  any 
  

   material 
  except 
  stone 
  or 
  metal. 
  They 
  arc 
  communistic 
  in 
  habit 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  social 
  organization 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  honey 
  bee. 
  The 
  only 
  

   satisfactory 
  method 
  of 
  preventing 
  injury 
  in 
  vaults 
  and 
  similar 
  

   places 
  is 
  first 
  to 
  thoroughly 
  clean 
  the 
  infested 
  chamber 
  or 
  chambers 
  

  

  