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queens of this species ever found in this country.* Are wingless, 
but sexually mature. Speaks of damage to wooden buildings 
where white ants are present. 
Hagen, H. A.—Am. Nat., v. 10, p. 406. 
An interesting and valuable paper on “The Probable Dangers 
from White Ants.” Reports injury to sills of a house in Salem, 
Mass., that of the fence round the Observatory at Cambridge, and 
that of a wooden bridge in the same town. This bridge gave 
way suddenly, when a herd of cattle were running across it. The 
timbers had been tunneled so extensively by white ants that it 
was necessary to rebuild the bridge. Timbers supporting the ceil¬ 
ing of a workshop of Alvan Clark and Son, instrument makers at 
Cambridge, Mass., so badly damaged by white ants that they 
gave way in 1876. Notes injury to State papers in Illinois in 
1868 by white ants. 
1877. 
Grant, R. D.—Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, v. 3, p. cclxix. 
Reports insect injury to wood and masonry of an engine-house 
belonging to the Missouri Pacific R. R. Co. Rafters injured to such ex¬ 
tent that roof had to be removed; and cement of brick walls perfor¬ 
ated in all directions. Dr. Riley identifies the insect as Termes 
flavipes. 
Hagen, H. A.—Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., v. 19, p. 73. 
Remarks that among a lot of termites collected in California by 
Baron Osten-Saken, the species from Sonoma county was not dis¬ 
tinguishable from Termes flavipes of the United States. 
Liedy, Joseph.— Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1877, p. 146; Ab¬ 
stract, Am. Month. Micr. Journ., v. 2 (1881), p. 95. 
A descriptive and biological article on “Intestinal Parasites of 
Termes flavipes. 
1878. 
! Hagen, H. A.—Proc. Soc. Nat. Hist., v. 20, p. 118. 
Note on the flight of Termes flavipes (May 19 ). Followed by fif¬ 
teen species of birds, which caught them partly in flight and 
partly on the ground. 
1879. 
McCook, H. C. —Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1879, p. 154. 
In a “Note on Mound-making Ants” states that Termes flavipes ,. 
found under stones in the neighborhood of the Alleghanies were 
instantly seized and carried off by the mound-builders ( Formica 
exsectoides) when disturbed. 
* It is now regarded as doubtful if true queens of Termes flavipes occur. 
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