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in the queen cell but no termitophiles. In the lower part of the termitarium we found a few reptile eggs, each about one inch long. Above the queen cell, in the passageways there was a small blind snake, Typhlops[[underlined]] jamaicensis[[underlined]], containing three more of the same type of eggs. The snake was small enough to squeeze through the passages in the termitarium and probably fed on the ter-mites. Its scales would protect it from the termites. 
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Maggoty Falls.

As collecting around the falls was not too good, we moved on to Newton where we stopped at the first clear-ing for tea and collecting. There was a freshly cut tree and Dick took a long series of nitidulids from the stump and butt. I worked my way into a thorny bush where there was another termitarium but I didn't succeed in getting at the queen cell. Part of the termitarium was occupied by a colony of large red ants which bit ferociously. While I was fighting the red ants I was stung painfully three times by what I took to be a wasp. Later I discovered that the stinger was a small and helpless-looking ant. My hands remained swollen for about three days. We then put the net up over the car and started home, emptying the net first at Balaclava and again at Derry. We had two good catches. After dinner chased fireflies at the side of the house in and around the shrubbery. Bed about 11 PM. 

Feb. 16. Today we decided to go to the north shore by way of Catadupa and the Cockpit country. Stopped first at the Jones river for dryopids and took a good series. Then at
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