...sometimes despoils the young trees of species growing wild in its native forests ; but it seems to prefei* when within reach, plants imported from other countries,...attempt to remove them for the purpose of examining their interior; but smaller hillocks, covering other entrances to the same system of tunnels and chambers,...

...coffee and orange trees and other imported plants. The leaves which the Saiiba cuts and carries away are used to ' thatch the domes which cover the ^entrances...rains the young broods in the nests beneath.' The insects proceed according to a most orderly method, 'the heavily-laden workers, each carrying its segment...

...coffee and orangetrees and other imported plants. The leaves which the Saiiba cuts and carries away are used to " thatch the domes which cover the entrances...from the deluging rains the young broods in the nests Deneath." The insects proceed according to a most orderly method, "the heavily-laden workers, each...

...it has not hitherto been shown satisfactorily to what use it applies the leaves. I discovered this only after much time spent in investigation. The leaves...deluging rains the young broods in the nests beneath. Small hillocks, covering entrances to the underground chambers, may be found in sheltered places ;...

...coffee and orange trees and other imported plants. The leaves which the Saiiba cuts and carries away are used to " thatch the domes which cover the entrances...rains the young broods in the nests beneath." The insects proceed according to a most orderly method, "the heavilyladen workers, each carrying its segment...

...investigations convinced him that the leaves were used to thatch the domes which cover the entrances to the subterranean dwellings, thereby protecting from the...deluging rains the young broods in the nests beneath. Mr. Belt, however, who observed the leaf-cutting ants in Central America, and gives a full and interesting...

...not directly serve as food is admitted. Mr. Bates, from observations made in Brazil, concludes that " the leaves are used to thatch the domes which cover...thereby protecting from the deluging rains the young brood in the nests beneath." Mr. Belt, who has carefully examined the habits of an allied species in...

...not directly serve as food is admitted. Mr. Bates, from observations made in Brazil, concludes that " the leaves are used to thatch the domes which cover...thereby protecting from the deluging rains the young brood in the nests beneath." Mr. Belt, who has carefully examined the habits of an allied species in...

...He says, " the leaves are used to thatch the domes which cover the entrances to their subterraneous dwellings, thereby protecting from the deluging rains the young broods in the nests beneath." His general account of these ants and their wonderful engineering works is most interesting. Notwithstanding...

...Bates discovered, after long investigation, the exact use to which these leaves were put. He says, " the leaves are used to thatch the domes which cover the entrances to their subterraneous dwellings, thereby protecting from the deluging rains the young broods in the nests beneath."...