ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGK 



HONEY-BEARING ANTS Frontispiece 



A GROUP OF MOUND-MAKING ANTS* NESTS 4 



WATCHMEN AROUND THE GATE OF A HONEY-ANTS' NEST . . 10 

 GROUP OF TWO MOUNDS OF F. EXSECTOIDES AT ALGONAC, ST. 



CLAIR RIVER, MICHIGAN 12 



SINGLE MOUND OF F. EXSECTOIDES, BRUSH MOUNTAINS, PENN- 

 SYLVANIA 13 



ORIGINAL CELL OF CARPENTER ANT QUEEN, AFTET, WHEELER 18 

 EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE OF HONEY-ANTS OF THE GARDEN OF 



THE GODS 19 



INTERIOR OF A STORIED COMMUNE OF THE OCCIDENT ANT OVER 



EIGHT FEET DEEP 



A CONNECTED SERIES OF STORE-ROOMS, OR GRANARIES AND 



CHAMBERS, OF THE OCCIDENT ANT 21 



PEBBLE-ROOFED COMMUNE OF THE OCCIDENT ANT .... 24 

 LITTLE HEAPS OF EARTH-PELLETS THROWN UP AROUND THE 



GATES OF PHEIDOLE PENNSYLVANICUS, THE SIMPLEST 



TYPE OF ANT-MOUND 27 



CREMASTOGASTER LINEOLATA 28 



CARTON COCCID-TENT OF CREMASTOGASTER LINEOLATA-PILOSA 



PERGANDE 29 



PASTEBOARD NEST OF DOLICHODERUS BITUBERCULATUS MAYR, 



FROM BANKOK 31 



NEST OF CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES ON A TREE 33 



NEST OF PSEUDOMYRMA BELTI ON MEXICAN ACACIA THORNS 36 



PSEUDOMYRMA BELTI (EMERY) MAGNIFIED 36 



PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING 39 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF ANT-MOUNDS 42 







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