258 ANTS. 



ants: "They make their temporary habitation in hollow trees, and 

 sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. 

 A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one side. 

 The ants were clustered together in a dense mass, like a great swarm 

 of bees, hanging from the roof, but reaching to the ground below. 



FIG. 147. Castes of Acainatns scliniitti ; drawn under the same magnification. 

 (Original.) a, Worker; b, young female (dichthadiigyne) ; c, old female with enlarged 

 ovaries, in the act of ovipositing ; the anterior portion of the body is covered with 

 mites (Cillibano hirticoma) ; d, male. 



Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads binding together 

 the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and con- 

 tained hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns 

 were outside, some bringing in the pupae of ants, others the legs and 



