Abstract
It was with much interest that I discovered soon after my arrival in Tasmania, that a species of White Ant (specific name at present undetermined) abounds in this colony, feeding after the manner of the North-American type upon decaying timber, and having its intestine similarly laden with parasitic Infusoria. No specific description of these Infusoria has been published up to the present date, and it is only so recently as the year 1881, that a detailed account, with illustrations, of the analagous parasites of the American White Ant (Termes flavipes), has been contributed by Dr. Joseph Leidy to the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. William Saville-Kent, F.L.S., F.Z.S., was Superintendent and Inspector of Fisheries, Tasmania.
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