Book the Third — Communities of Insects

Chapter I The Termites, or White Ants

The habitations of the termites, erroneously called White Ants, described, both externally and internally, 235, 236

A wonderful degree of skill shown in the erection of the great dome, 237

Yet the builders labour under specially difficult circumstances, 238

Their queen’s fecundity; her offspring are tenderly treated, 239

Their numbers would be a terror to man, were they not checked by many enemies, 240

An illustration is given of their terrible ravages, 241