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Scientific American, Vol. 59, No. 10 (1888) (1888)

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| 151 ficient number of eggs to prevent the possible extermi- laid the workers come along and take them to the cells THE TERMITE PEST OF THE OLD WORLD. nation of the insect, she is so construéted that, having to which they are assigned. The metamorphosis of the JOHN BR. CORYELL. . gone safely… … as the nature of the wood or its thickness renders the to move a huge hardwood chest filled with records, in final form which it is to take. The males and females most expedient. Frequently the termite will perform are the only ones having wings, of which the number is the shape of books. I called…

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