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Elateridse, damage to chestnut telephone and telegraph poles 8 
Electrotype blocks, wooden, destruction by termites 76 
Embiidse 15 
"Ergatoids" — 
definition of term 28 
development 34 
Eugenia bracteata var. roxburghii, wood resistant to termite attack 80 
Eutermes cinereus, bibliographic reference 83 
Eutermes laeustris — 
differentiation of three castes in embryo 17 
nasuti, development 41 
Eutermes rippertii, bibliographic reference . 84 
Eutermes (Rippertiif), bibliographic references 15, 84 
Eutermes sp. , soldier, metamorphosis 35 
Eutermes spp., displacement of digestive and excretory organs in distended 
queens 67 
Fence posts, rails, and boarding, destruction by termites 13, 75 
Floors, destruction by termites 14 
Forest products, crude and finished, destruction by termites. 13, 75-76 
Forficula . 15 
Forficulina .' 15 
Formica exsectoides, association with Leucotermes fiavipes 70 
Formica schaufussi, association with Leucotermes fiavipes 70 
Foundations, wooden, of buildings, destruction by termites. 13, 76 
Greenheart. (See Nectandra rodisei.) 
Hamitermes ( Termes) tubiformans, bibliographic reference 83 
Hemlock, western, wood not eaten by termites in experiment 80 
Hemlock, wood eaten by termites 81 
Hog- wallows and prairie mounds, relation of termites thereto, bibliography 85 
Homalota sp., " guest," or inquiline, of Leucotermes fiavipes 71 
Homovalgus squamiger — 
"guest," or inquiline, of termites 71 
in galleries of Leucotermes fiavipes 64 
Hopea plagata, wood resistant to termite attack. 80 
Hydrocyanic-acid gas against termites 79 
"Indian oak." (See Tectonia grandis and Teak.) 
Insects damaging chestnut telephone and telegraph poles, prevention of injury . . 1-12 
"Ipil." (See Afzelia bijuga.) 
"Tronwood, black." (See Olea laurifolia.) 
"Ironwood." (See Sideroxylon.) 
Isoptera 13, 14, 15, 16 
" Jarrah," wood comparatively resistant to termite attack 82 
Juniper, heartwood comparatively resistant to termite attack 81 
Juniperus virginiana poles less susceptible to insect attack than chestnut poles. 10-11 
Kerosene against termites 79 
Larva, forms to which term is applicable 29 
"Leadwood." (See Combretum prophyrolepsis.) 
Leucotermes '.". 13-16 
Leucotermes fiavipes (see also Termites of Eastern United States and Termes 
fiavipes) — 
adults, colonizing winged, description 30-31 
association with ants 70 
cannibalism 46-47 
