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and though the insects appear for instance in every part of the Pusa es¬ 
tate (1,300 acres), no nest can be found; excavations made at the spot 
whence the winged forms emerged in a great swarm revealed nothing. 
Usually the queen is found in a cell deep in the nest, with fungus cham¬ 
bers round; her eggs are found in masses in cells in the fungus bodies, 
small soft white eggs from which the tiny white nymph hatches. 
The fungus bodies are found, flattened and concave below, rest¬ 
ing on the floors of the cells in the soil but not touching the walls or the 
roof; they are sponge-like, with ramifying cavities on the walls of 
which the fungus fruits grow in the shape of small round white knobs. 
(Plate VIII.) 
The forms this termite takes are shown in the figures. We believe 
this to be the termite responsible for all the damage done to crops, trees 
and buildings in India, and it is to be hoped that a really thorough in¬ 
vestigation may some day be made into its economy and habits. 
For a list of insects found in its nests see below under Myrme- 
cophilous Insects (after Paussidse). 
PsociDiE.— Booh Lice. 
Soft insects , of small size , with two fairs of wings , the hind fair 
smaller ; frothorax very small , exceft in the wingless 
forms. Tarsi of two or three joints. 
The Psocids are a small group of inconspicuous insects, easily recog¬ 
nised by their general appearance and most similar to the smaller forms 
Fig. 50—Kolbea solax. 
(After Enderlein.) 
of Termites. The colouring is generally dull, the wings occasionally 
banded and the body bright. The smaller forms are all less than one- 
