HONEY ANTS. 37 r 



it hangs from the rafters of its nest, month in, month out for years, 

 perhaps a reservoir of temperamental as well as liquid sweetness. 



6. Cremastogaster in flat a and differ mis. Frederick Smith ( 1857, 

 18580 published an account of two Myrmicine ants, which has led to 



FIG. 219. Repletes of Myrmccocystus horti-deorum. a, Dorsal, b, lateral view. 



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their being regarded as honey ants. Both species range from Tenas- 

 serim to Borneo through Burma, Java and Sumatra. C. in flat a occurs 

 also in the Philippines and difformis in Celebes. Of the latter species 



