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PREFACE ............... v 



I. FRATERNAL CONFEDERACIES AND COMMUNAL RIGHT- 



EOUSNESS AMONG SOCIAL ANTS ....... 1 



II. NESTING ARCHITECTURE HOUSING THE COMMUNE . 17 



III. ENGINEERING METHODS IN ANT STRUCTURES ... 49 



IV. SUPPLYING THE COMMUNAL RATIONS ...... 77 



V. FEEDING THE COMMUNE .......... 101 



VI. THE LANGUAGE OF ANTS AND OTHER INSECTS . . . 121 



VII. How ANTS COMMUNICATE .......... 130 



VIII. FEMALE GOVERNMENT IN ANT COMMUNITIES . . . 155 



IX. THE PROBLEM OF COMMUNAL DEPENDENTS . . . . 171 



X. WARRIOR ANTS, AND THEIR EQUIPMENT FOR WAR . 190 



XI. How ANTS CARRY ON WAR ......... 211 



XII. ALIEN ASSOCIATES AND AFFINITIES IN ANT COMMUNES 224 



XIII. APHIS HERDS AND ANT ASSOCIATES ...... 243 



XIV. THE FOUNDING OF SLAVE-MAKING ANT COMMUNES . 261 



XV. PROBLEMS OF SANITATION AND PERSONAL BENEVOLENCE 279 



XVI. A NOTE IN REVIEW ............ 296 



TABLE OF AUTHORS AND REFERENCES ..... 305 



INDEX 315 



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