Antennæ of ants, 31, 32, 151
Ants: affection of, 119

age of, 78

amber found in, 19
antennæ of, 31, 32, 151
architecture of, 196
cleanliness of, 129
cocoons of, 91, 123
colours, effects of, on, 46

courage of, 53
deafness of, 152
eggs of, 119, 126
eyes of, 32

farm stock of, 153
female, 73
flagellum of, 31
flavour of, 57

formic acid of, 56

fossil, 19

Ants, continued-
frolics of, 117

funeral rites, 130
habits of, III
harmony of, 139

harvesting instinct of, 98

heat, effects of, on, 48, 121
history of, 19
hybernation of, 38
labial palpi of, 54
labium of, 54
language of, 149

larvæ of, 120; feeding of, 123
lessons from, 223

light, effects of, on, 39
loyalty of, 115

male, 76

mandibles of, 54
maxillary palpi of, 54

milch-kine of, 157

names of, 27

nests of, 25, 196
nodes of, 56

numbers of colonies of, 73
nurseries of, 119

ocelli of, 33
palpi of, 54
petiole of, 56
pupæ of, 123
queens, 72, 115
recognition of, 142
scape of, 31
size of, 30, 95
smell of, 152
stings of, 57

colour, effects of, on, 46
light, effects of, on, 41
recognition of, 144
slaves to F. sanguinea, 171
sulphate of quinine, effects
of, on, 51
timidity of, 53

F. gigas, 95

F. glabra, 84

rediscovery, 84, 234
F. nigra, female of, 112
language of, 151
omnivorous, 166

wood-carver, 207
F. pratensis, eye of, 33
F. rufa, courage of, 53
habitats of, 57
nests of, 198
numbers of, 73
odour from, 56
omnivorous, 166
sympathy of, 139
takes in lodgers, 206

F. sanguinea, colour of, 172
courage of, 53
formicarium of, 140
habitats of, 169
labrum of, 167

large workers, 151
migration of, 186

nest of, 200

omnivorous, 166

recognition of, 142

size of, 172

slave-making

expeditions of,

177, 183

slaves of, 68, 171

unselfish devotion of, 140

workers of, 68

M. ruginodis, experiments with,

114
males of, 78
nodes of, 56
spines of, 56

M. scabrinodis, antennæ of, 31, 81
effects of light on, 40
eyes of, 31
flagellum of, 31
head of, 31

hybernation of, 38
labial palpi of, 54
labium of, 54

male of, 76

mandibles of, 54

maxillary palpi of, 54

nests of, 198
nodes of, 56

palpi of, 54
queen of, 72
scape of, 31
size of, 30
wings of, 81

Myrmicida, characteristics of, 81

TAPINOMA, 61
T. erratica, eye of, 33

T. gracilescens, habitats of, 65
omnivorous, 166

Tent-maker ants, see F. virescens
Termes, ancestral history of, 21
coal-measures, in, 222
destructiveness of, 218
king of, 218

nests of, 217
queen of, 218
soldiers of, 218
workers of, 218
T. flavicollis, 222
T. flavipes, 194
T. grandævus, 21
T. lucifugus, 222

Tetramorium cæspitum, habitats
of, 95

harvesting instinct in, 6, 101,
242
slave-makers, 189

T. Kollari, eye of, 33
T. lippula, habitats of, 206
Thorax of ants, 56

UMBRELLA ANT, see Ecodoma
cephalotes

Umbrella ant of Brazil, 68

VISION OF ANTS, effects of light
and colour on, 46

WHITE ANTS, see Termes
Wood ants, see F. rufa
Worker ants, 30, 54

YELLOW ANTS, see F. flava