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Termes gestroi may be designated " The Eubber Termite " T. 

 Malay anus " The Malay Termite" T. sulphur e us, "The Headmound 

 or Yellow Termite" T. umbrinus, " The Black Termite." 



By this means a further interest may be taken in these insects as 

 long technical names are seldom committed to memory. 



The following which agrees entirely with my own observation is 

 an account of those species found on rubber estates given by Robinson 

 in his report on T. gestroi as affecting para rubber. 



Termes Carbonarius. 



M This is one of the largest species of termites and is by no means 

 uncommon' both in jungle country in land overgrown with lalang and 

 on abandoned tapioca estates, where it forms nests four or five feet 

 high. It occasionally attacks coconuts, but does not do any serious 

 damage, being more of a nuisance from the nips the powerful mandi- 

 bles of the soldiers can inflict on the coolies plucking the nuts." 



" When the plantations are allowed to grow up in grass, the ter- 

 mites do not seem to ascend the trees." 



Termes Malay anus. 



"The species constructs globular honey-combed masses of com- 

 minuted woody fibre, and cultivates a species oi fungus thereon, on 

 which the young are fed. There is not the slightest evidence that this 

 species does any harm to living plants, and much to the contrary, and 

 it is a very moot point as to whether the money spent in eradicating 

 their nests might not be better employed in other directions. Should 

 however, the nests be destroyed care should be taken chat the whole 

 mound is thoroughly levelled and the earth will broken up and exposed 

 to the sun. It is of no use capturing the King and Queen, as the 

 community possesses the power of rapidly replacing them by special 

 treatment of certain larval forms. 



The lenticular chambers seen on the sides of road-cuttings, etc., 

 are in the majority of instances young communities or co^nies from a 

 larger mound either of this or a closely allied species." 



Termes Pallidus. 



" A very much smaller species generally found nesting in the outer 

 shell of the mounds of the preceding species. It is also a fungus 

 grower and appears to be equally harmless." 



Termes Sulphureus. 



" A small species readily recognized by its arched abdomen, which 

 is coloured pale primrose yellow. The nest of old and undisturbed 

 communities are roughly cylindrical, tapering somewhat at the sum- 

 mit. Large nests are four or five feet in height and rather less in 

 diameter, and are composed of a blackish grey material, more honey 

 combed and with far less earthy matter than that forming the nests 

 of T. Malayanns, and often excessively hard. The species is commoner 

 on hills than on flat land and is not injurious." 



