158 First Report on Economic Zoology. 
Report on Termites or White Ants, and methods 
of checking the ravages of the same, prepared 
at the request of the Sudan Government. 
Without having specimens of the White Ants or Termites that are 
causing havoc in the Sudan not only to wood-work, telegraph poles, etc., 
but also to green crops in the vicinity of Khartoum, it is not possible to 
give a satisfactory account of any methods for combating the pests. 
Investigation to be of any practical use must be made on the spot. 
Information has been, however, collected from all sources concerning any 
measures that have been taken in various parts of the world with a view 
of checking the serious damage these insects do. This information is 
embodied in this report. The various African Termites are also enume- 
rated — their various ways of working pointed out and detailed methods of 
destroying them given. A number of suggestions for preserving articles 
from their attack and possible new remedies are also given. 
African Termites.* 
The following Termites are common in Africa ; the species found in 
Central and Northern Africa being separately tabulated at the end of the 
list. 
1. Calotermes flavicollis , T., Ent. Sjst. Fabr., 11, 15, p. 91. 
2. Hodotermes ochraceus , Burm. 
= Termes ochraceus , Bamb., Egyp. Neurop., pi. 2, fig. 21, Ramb. 
3. Ilodotermes mossambicus, Hagen, Linn. Ent., 12, p. 94. 
4. Termes bellicosus, Smeathman, Phil. Trans., Vol, 71, p. 141. 
5. Termes angustatus, Ramb., Neuropt, p. 306, No. 11. 
6. Termes capensis, De Geer, Memoirs, VII., p. 47, tab. 38, fig. 7. 
7. Termes destructor , Smeathman, Phil. Trans., Vol. 71, p. 141, No. 4, tab. 10. 
8. Termes lucifugus, Rossi, Mant. Etr., 1, p. 107. 
9. Termes ( Eutermes ) atrox, Smeathman, Phil. Trans., Vol. 71. 
10. Termes ( Eutermes ) lateralis, Walker, Lin. Ent., 12, p. 216. 
11. Termes ( Eutermes ) trinervius, Ramb., Nt-uroph, p. 308. 
12. Termes ( Eutermes ) mordax, Smeathman, Phil. Trans., Vol. 71, p. 141. 
13. Termes viator, Lat., Hist. Nat., XIII., p. 51, 8. 
14. Termes ( Eutermes ) arborum, Smeathman, Phil. Trans., Vol. 71, p. 141. 
15. Termes incertus , Hagen., Linn. Ent., 12, p. 230. 
Species found in N. Africa, Egypt, Sudan, etc., down to the Equator. 
The following species occur in North and Central Africa and along 
the seaboard : — 
C. flavicollis 
C. lucif ugus 
T. trinervius, Tripoli 
C. flavicollis 
T. atrox 
T. lucifugus 
IT. ochraceus 
Algeria. 
Egypt. 
* A complete list of African Termites is given in the Appendix (p. 184). 
