203 
Hagen, H. A. —Can. Ent., v. 18, p. 221; Seventeenth Rep. Ent. 
Soc. Ont., p. 46. 
Refers to Termes flavipes as a library insect, in an article, 
under the title of “A New Library Pest,” which deals with 
Lepisma domestica. 
1888. 
Comstock, J. H.—Introduction to Entomology, p. 77. 
An excellent illustrated account of the termites, with figures of 
Termes flavipes and T. gilvus (queen), containing biological, 
economic, and systematic notes. 
Kent, G. H.—“Insect Life,” v. 1, p. 17. 
Under heading “Notes from Mississippi” states that he found 
Termes fla,vipes destroying cotton-stalks. 
Riley & Howard. —“Insect Life,” v. 1, p. 341. 
Reply to a foreign correspondent whose fruit-trees and vines 
are being killed by white ants, with mention of preventive and 
remedial measures for combating Termes flavipes , and some ac¬ 
count of its characteristic injuries. 
1889. 
Atkinson, G. H.—S. C. Exper. Station Bull. No. 4 (n. s.), p. 84. 
Says that long stretches of board fences on the outskirts of 
Columbia, S. C., were damaged by Termes flavipes. 
1890. 
Fischer, E. R.—“Insect Life,” v. 2, p. 253. 
Reports in a letter from St. Louis that white ants (identified 
as Termes flavipes) bored through paper and then through a bolt 
of Conestoga ticking into the shelf on which it had been lying 
for about one month. 
Kent, G. H.—“Insect Life,” v. 2, p. 283. 
Has noticed Termes flavipes destroying collard-stalks and roots 
of turnip by gradually eating out the interior. 
Packard, A. S.—Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm., pp. 283 and 354. 
Termes flavipes observed injuring a “wounded elm-tree at 
Salem, Mass., and mention made of its mining the interior of 
chestnut posts and stakes, decaying trees, and sills of houses. 
1893. 
Joutel, L. H.—Journ. N. Y. Soc., v. 1, p. 89. 
Notes on injuries by white ants to several houses in the City 
of New York. 
