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on abandoned tapioca estates, where it forms nests four or five е 
m is EK attacks кое», but does not do any seriou 
dam being more o uisance from the nips the pow verfa 
ала к of the soldiers can inflict on the coolies plucking the nu 
а the plantations I есе to grow up in grass, the termites 
do not seem to ascend the 
TERMES ааш 
This is the species usually written of under the name of Term 
diese which is an allied form, ee ned to Afriea. "The nest of the 
species varies much in shape according to the age of the community 
and the type of soil in which it has been ege but large mounds may 
been well described and figured by Haviland (Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 5 
XXVI, - 26, 381 et seq.) and I can сои his observations in every 
respect 
species constructs globular honey-combed masses of com- 
„ы woody fibre and cultivates a species of fungus thereon, on 
which the dem are fe d There is not the slightest evidence that this 
species does any harm to living plants, and much to the contrary, and 
the sides of road-cuttings, etc., are in the ma er of in instances you 
communities or colonies from a larger mound either of this ora аай, 
allied species 
TERMES PALLIDUS. 
A very much smaller species generally found nesting in the outer 
shell of the mounds of the species. It also is a fungus 
grower and appears to be equally harmless. 
еи күн 
Dipi of a blackish ne material, more hon ма nd 
with far less earthy matter than that form ing the nests of T. 
malayanus, and often excessively ha: е species is commoner on 
hill than on flat land and is not injurious. 
Termes LacEssrTUS. 
Occasionally seen on the trunks of Para а-н Rambong but not 
doing any damage. Nest of papery material, usually on trees and 
shrubs in secondary jungle. A species of no economic importance. 
TERMES UMBRINUS. 
This species nests in the stumps of dead trees and is often seen 
the march in enormous numbers frequently travelling a distance of we 
