. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . photoon plate III representing a block of Jarra-wood partly destroyedby Go2)\ Experiments so far made to ascertain whichdifferent kinds of w^ood—treated as well as untreated—are safe fromthe attacks of White Ants, are in my opinion largely unreliable,because it has been left out of consideration whether the Termitesmade use of for these trials were genuine wood-destroyers, or investigations are, therefore, necessary, if the question is tobe settled definitely. Before concluding this paper, I beg to add a few remarks onan a
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . photoon plate III representing a block of Jarra-wood partly destroyedby Go2)\ Experiments so far made to ascertain whichdifferent kinds of w^ood—treated as well as untreated—are safe fromthe attacks of White Ants, are in my opinion largely unreliable,because it has been left out of consideration whether the Termitesmade use of for these trials were genuine wood-destroyers, or investigations are, therefore, necessary, if the question is tobe settled definitely. Before concluding this paper, I beg to add a few remarks onan all-important desideratum in relation to widening our know-ledge of the various noxious White Ants. This desideratum is : * My sincere thanks are due to Mr. Kundanmal Utamsing, S. D. 0., who was kindenough to collect these specimens for me in a house badly infested with them. t- A present to my collection from Mr. L. H. Savile, Executive Engineer to theBombay Port Trust, to whom I am greatly indebted. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Plate Fig. I, Wine-bottle coveredwith excrements of Copfotermes^ Fig. 2. Staves of deal-wood destroyed by Odontotermes.
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