Fig. 5.— Worker. 



Fi". 0.— Soldier. 



Fig. 7.— Worker, magnified. 



Fig. 8.— Foreeps of Soldier, 

 laagiiined. 



THE WHITE ANTS, 



THEIR MANNERS AND HABITS. 



CHAPTEE II. 



46. Turrets built by the Termes mordax and the Termes atrox. — 47. De- 

 scription of their structure. — 48. Their king, queen, worker, and 

 soldier. — 49. Internal structure of their habitation. — 50. Nests of the 

 Termes arborum. — 51. Process of their construction. — 52. Hill nests 

 on the Savannahs. — 53. The Termes lucifagus — the organisation of 

 their societies. — 64. Habits of the workers and soldiers — the materials 

 they use for building. — 55. Their construction of tunnels. — 56. 'Nests 

 of the Termes arborum in the roofs of houses. — 57. Destructive habits 

 of the Termes bellieosus in excavating all species of wood-work — 

 entire houses desti-oyed by them. — 58. Curious process by which they 

 fill with mortar ' the excavations which they make — destruction of 

 Mr. Smeathman's microscope. — 59. Destruction of shelves and wain- 

 scoting. — 60. Their artful process to escape observation. — 61. 

 Anecdotes of them by Kcempfer and Humboldt. — 62. Destruction of 

 the Governor's house at Calcutta — destruction by them of a British 

 ship of the line. — 63. Their manner of attacking timber in the open 

 air — their wonderful power of destroying fallen timber. — 64. The 

 extraordinary behaviour of the soldiers when a nest is attacked. - 



Labbker's Mcsedji op Soiekce. 



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