202 
1880. 
Comstock, J. H.—Eep. U. S. Dept. Agr., 1879, p. 207. 
T. flavipes found attacking living pampas grass, orange-trees, 
guava bushes, and sugar-cane in Florida. Damage chiefly con¬ 
fined to that part of plant just below the surface of ground. 
Remedial measures suggested. 
Hagen, H. A.—Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont., 1879, p. 31. 
Says that Termes flavipes was probably introduced into Europe 
from this country. 
[Riley, C. V.]—Am. Ent., v. 1, n. s., p. 15. 
Trichopsenius depressns and three other rove-beetles (Aleocha- 
rina) found living in galleries of Termes flavipes in Texas by E. 
A. Schwarz. 
1883. 
HtBBARD, H. G.—U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Bull. 1, p. 36. 
Says that Termes flavipes does great damage at surface, gird¬ 
ling orange-, lemon-, and lime-trees. Also eats tubers of arti¬ 
choke. 
Hagen, H. A.—Boston Transcript, Nov. 15, 1883. 
Account given reporter concerning white-ant ravages in the 
State House, Boston, Mass. Other injuries to buildings and to 
bridges mentioned. 
“Building.” —(New York), Dec. 1883, p. 34. , jj 
States that the Governor ordered inspection of the State House 
on the strength of Dr. Hagen’s “Transcript” article above cited, 
and found that the white ants had made extensive excavations 
beneath the foundations of the building, causing grave and immi¬ 
nent danger. Had also nearly destroyed taxation papers for 
twenty years, stored in the so-called dungeon of the State House. 
Packard, A. S.—Third Rep. U. & Ent. Comm., p. 326. 
In a paper treating of the systematic position of the Orthoptera 
in relation to other orders of insects Termopsis angnsticollis and 
Termes flavipes are figured and compared. 
1885. j 
Hagen, H. A.—Can. Ent., v. 17, p. 134; Sixteenth Rep. Ent. 
Soc. Ont., p. 16; Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm. (1890), p. 
387. 
Living maple-trees (Acer rubrum) destroyed by Termes flavipes, 
in Cambridge, Mass., and earth in hothouses infested by white 
ants. 
