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Table III . — The rate of egg laying, Coptotermes formosanus. 
Date. 
Eggs. 
Larvae. 
Total. 
Increase. 
Total. 
Increase. 
8 
3 
May 27 ... __ 
4 
1 
6 
2 
May 29 
7 
1 
May 30.. 
8 
1 
May 31 ... . . 
10 
2 
10 
10 
10 
10 
12 
2 
16 
4 
16 
18 
2 
18 
18 
18 
22 
4 
22 
22 
22 
22 
22 
19 
3 
3 
17 
5 
2 
16 
6 
1 
13 
9 
3 
13 
9 
July 1 
13 
9 
July 2 
13 
9 
July 3 
12 
10 
i 
12 
10 
July 5 
14 
4 
12 
2 
July 6 
12 
1 
15 
3 
July 7 
12 
. 4 
19 
4 
July 8 
13 
1 
19 
July 9 
13 
19 
July 10 
13 
19 
July 11 
13 
19 
12 
20 
1 
12 
20 
12 
20 
11 
21 
1 
Date of capture. 
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND OTHER MATERIALS 
Coptotermes formosanus is essentially a wood destroyer and 
attacks very seriously all sorts of woodwork and wooden struc- 
tures. Because of its habit of attacking Japanese pine, which is 
