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Trinidad 46.

[[underline]] Station 125. [[/underline]]
Two miles east of Valencia, or eight miles east of Arima, on a side road. In a nest of [[underline]] Nasutitermes [[/underline]] sp. found no guests, but collected the queen and some soldiers.

[[underline]] Station 126. [[/underline]]
Along the "5-mile stretch" on the Eastern Main Road, near mile post 24 (from Port of Spain) and about [[margin]] T.2 [[/margin]] five miles northwest of Sangre Grande. In nest of [[underline]] Nasutitermes [[/underline]] sp. found four [[insertion]] (3) [[/insertion]] small Tachyporinae, and two other beetles. Also the queen and soldiers.

[[underline]] Station 127. [[/underline]]
Three-fourths of a mile from Sta. 126, and about four miles from Sangre Grande on same road (mile post 24 3/4 from Pt. of Spain). [[margin]] T.3 [[/margin]] In nest of [[underline]] Nasutitermes [[/underline]] sp. found two or three more [[insertion]] (8) [[/insertion]] of the Tachyporinae. Took the queen and some soldiers.

[[underline]] Station 128. [[/underline]]
Two miles from Sta. 127 and about two miles from Sangre Grande on the same road (milepost 26 1/2 from Pt. of Spain). Took 44 [[insertion]] (48) [[/insertion]] of the tiny Tachyporinae and three of another Staph. Also the queen, a male (teste Urich) [[margin]] 9.4. [[/margin]] and some soldiers. Also took a small Aedemerid flying.
Urich's method of collecting the guests is to cut away the nest until a harder inner portion

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is reached, in which is the queen cell. Large masses of eggs generally herald the approach to this part of the termitarium. This harder portion is completely separated from the rest and cut into until the royal chamber is exposed. This part is then held over a white cloth and knocked, - with a hammer or cutlass. The queen, workers, and guests fall out on the cloth, and it frequently takes repeated hard knocking to obtain them all. This is the method applied to [[underline]] Nasutitermes [[/underline]] of various species. Other kinds of termites do not have Staphylinid guests according to Prof. Urich. The typical [[underline]] Nasutitermes [[/underline]] nest has a hard outer layer (with perhaps a paper shell over all) with a softer center, the queen cell being in the soft part but immediately surrounded by an area of thick walled, woody, and tough tissue. The nests of [[underline]] Kalotermes [[/underline]] can be distinguished at once by the earth content of the nest tissue. According to Urich the [[underline]] Nasutitermes [[/underline]] that live along the seashore (different spp.) have very different guests. He promises to send me some. Altogether today, we took four species of Staphylinid guests.