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VII. Suspended Nests 213 



i. Earthen Nests. 2. Carton Nests. 3. Silken Nests (a) 

 Description; (b) Manufacture. 



VIII. Nests in Unusual Situations 221 



IX. Accessory Structures 222 



I. Paths, Clearings, and Covered Runways. 2. Succursal 

 Nests. 3. Tents, or Pavilions. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE PONERINE ANTS. 



I. Necessity of the Historical Method of Study 225 



II. General Significance of the Ponerinse as a Group 226 



III. The Genus Mynnecia as the Prototype of all Ants 227 



IV. The Castes of the Ponerinae 230 



V. Nesting and Feeding Habits 232 



VI. The Three Types of Ponerine Larvae . . . 233 



VII. Observations on the Methods of Feeding the Larvae 234 



VIII. Care for the Brood 237 



IX. The Hatching of the Callows 238 



X. Deportation and Hunting Habits 240 



XI. Usurpation of Queen Function by Gynaecoid Workers .... 242 



XII. Phytogeny of the Group 243 



CHAPTER XV. 

 THE DRIVER AND LEGIONARY ANTS. 



I. The Dorylinae as a Group 246 



II. Description of the Castes 248 



III. Difficulties of Nomenclature 248 



IV. The Genus Doryhts 249 



V. The Genus jEnictns 253 



VI. The Genera Eciton and Cheliomyrmex 255 



VII. The Problems of the Dorylinae 265 



T. Domestic Economy. 2. Dichthadiigynes. 



