INSECT ENEMIES OF EASTERN FORESTS Q] 
and near New Orleans, La., and in southern Virginia. It has been 
found in dead trees, logs, and stumps, as well as in the woodwork of 
buildings. Winged adults of this termite were found at Cape Henry. 
Va., in a dead baldcypress tree in the vicinity of the sand dunes on 
August 23,1924. The adults had attained their mature pigmentation. 
This species flies late in July at New Orleans, La. 
Kvalotermes (.) jouteli Banks, the eastern coastal dry-wood 
termite, is restricted to southern Florida, including the Keys. It has 
seldom been found to be injurious, except in a few instances in the 
moist foundation timbers of buildings. In nature it lives in dead 
trees and in logs and branches lying on the ground. 
Kalotermes (Neotermes) castaneus Burmeister, the southern damp- 
wood termite, occurs in the United States only in southern Florida, 
including the Keys. This termite damages the trunks and limbs of 
citrus trees. Ina laboratory colony supplementary reproductive forms 
lived for 25 years. Halotermes (Neotermes) angustoculus Snyder 
apparently has the same distribution and habits as AH. (WV.) castaneus, 
under which name it was formerly included. 
Prorhinotermes simplex Hagen, the Florida Prorhinotermes, a 
damp-wood termite, is confined to swampy areas in southern Florida, 
where it is found in moist logs. At present it is of but slight economic 
importance and probably never will be important; only one case is on 
record where the woodwork of a building has been damaged. On the 
Florida Keys, where the parent adults are apterous, winged adults 
have not been found in colonies. 
POWDER-POST TERMITES 
Kalotermes (Cryptotermes) brevis Wlk., the tropical rough-headed 
powder-post termite, is of wide distribution in the West Indies, Mex- 
ico, Central America, and South America, and of local occurrence 
at Durban, South Africa. In the United States it is commonly found 
only in southern Florida and in New Orleans, La., and recently has 
been discovered infesting furniture at Memphis, Tenn. This termite 
has never been found in nature living in logs or timbers out of doors, 
but only as a house pest, damaging the woodwork and furniture in 
large hotels in the West Indies and in southern sections, which are 
inhabited by people of Latin origin. This fact indicates possible 
introduction from farther south. A. brevis not only destroys furni- 
ture and woodwork, but the constant dropping of pellets from infested 
wood is an annoyance to the householder. Because of its destructive 
habits in Central America and South America, it-has been given special 
names, “carcoma,” and “polilla” in the West Indies, in contrast to that 
given the subterranean termites, “comejen.” In the United States 
the colonizing flight occurs in May or June. Slightly physogastric, 
macropterous reproductive forms have been found in colonies. 
Kalotermes (Cryptotermes) cavifrons Banks, the cavate-headed 
powder-post termite, occurs in Bermuda, the West Indies, and south- 
ern Florida. It is apparently not a species of economic importance, 
being found only in natural infestations in dead trees, logs, stumps, 
and branches. 
Kalotermes (Calcaritermes) nearcticus Snyder, the nearctic spur- 
legged termite, is known only from Florida. In habits, the species 
of Calcaritermes are similar to species of Cryptotermes in that they 
