. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. TERMITIDAE 383 The species is called A. panficus by Fritz Miiller; it differs from other Termitidae in possessing a proventriculus destitute of tritu- rating ridges. The nests of this species are utilised by a little Eutermes {E. inquilinus Miiller) for its own advantage; whether by first destroying the Anoplotermes or whether by merely taking possession of the nests abandoned by their owners is not known. It is a most remarkable fact that the Eutermes resembles the Anoplotermes so ex- tremely that the two can scarcely be distinguished, though anatomic
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. TERMITIDAE 383 The species is called A. panficus by Fritz Miiller; it differs from other Termitidae in possessing a proventriculus destitute of tritu- rating ridges. The nests of this species are utilised by a little Eutermes {E. inquilinus Miiller) for its own advantage; whether by first destroying the Anoplotermes or whether by merely taking possession of the nests abandoned by their owners is not known. It is a most remarkable fact that the Eutermes resembles the Anoplotermes so ex- tremely that the two can scarcely be distinguished, though anatomically they are quite different. The resem- blance is indeed so great that it deceived Yon Jhering into supposing that the two genera were alternate generations of a single species, one generation possessing soldiers, the other being without them. Subse- quently, by anatomical inves- tigation, he recognised^ the error into which he had fallen —an error that, under such peculiar circumstances, was quite pardonable. Hagen has suggested^ that Hodotermes japonicus never pro- duces winged forms. Very little, however, is actually known as to this species. Marching and Harvesting Termites.—Smeathman alluded to a remarkable Termes seen by him in Africa, giving it the name of T. viarum. Nothing further is known of this Insect, which, according to Smeathman's account, may possibly be the most remarkable of the family. T. viarum is said to be larger than T. bellicosus, and was discovered issuing in large numbers from a hole in the ground and marching in columns consisting of workers directed by soldiers of enormous size, some of whom ' Congr. internat. Zool. ii. 1892, pt. i. p. 249. 2 P. Boston Soc. xi. 1868, p. C D Fig. 237.—Changes in external form of the young larva of Calotermes rugosus. A, Newly hatched with nine joints in an- tennae, X 8 ; B, older larva with ten joints, X 8 ; C, next stage with eleven joints, X 8 ; D, larva with twelve joints ; the position of the parts o
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