A CRUSTACEAN-EATING ANT. 



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Concerning L. cliinciisis Wroughton makes the following 

 statements : " This species is even commoner than the last. 

 Distinguenda would seem to be a denizen of forests, while Chi- 

 ncnsis prefers more open and inhabited country. I have only 

 once seen Cliinensis on the warpath, and then the objective, a 

 large worm, in several pieces, had been reached, and the column 

 was on its way home. The column I must say was more a mob 

 than a disciplined army, but this may have been due to the fact 

 that the normal irregularity of the homeward march was en- 

 hanced by the size and shape of the booty, which did not admit 



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( Lobopclta) donga fa Buckley, male, female and worker. 



of being carried ' according to the regulations.' On the other 

 hand, I have often, during the early part of the rains, witnessed 

 a migration (or was it a colonization, in no case was a female, 

 even apterous, present ?) when the discipline and regularity of 

 the column left nothing to be desired. My experience seems 

 to show that Cliinensis prefers a formation in fours, at any rate 

 when carrying her own larvae and pupae. Mr. Aitken lias fur- 

 nished me with the following most interesting note on Chiucnsis. 

 ' There is a populous community of this ant, in a hole, in the 



