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ANT ENGINEERING 43 



MOUND-MAKING ANTS COVERING A DOUBLE GALLERY ... 46 



ANTS DIGGING OUT GALLERIES 53 



AN AGRICULTURAL ANT'S FOOT, ENLARGED 180 DIAMETERS! 



THE TOOL USED, WITH THE JAWS, IN DIGGING .... 54 

 THE CIRCULAR DISK AND ROADS THAT SURROUND THE ONE 



CENTRAL GATE OF THE AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS . 56 

 AGRICULTURAL ANTS CUTTING GRAIN TO CLEAR ROADS AND 



DISKS 57 



ANT CARRYING A PELLET OF SOIL 57 



A SPECIMEN OF GRAIN-STALK ON AN ANT CLEARING .... 57 



AGRICULTURAL ANT CARRYING GRAIN-STALKS 57 



OCCIDENT ANTS: SINGLE AND DOUBLE GATES OPEN .... 67 



OCCIDENT ANTS CLOSING GATES 68 



A CLOSED GATE OF CUTTING ANTS OF TEXAS 73 



CUTTING ANTS: A GATE WIDE OPEN 74 



CUTTING ANTS: A GATE IN PROCESS OF CLOSING 75 



GUSTATORY ORGANS OF THE HONEY- ANT . 80 



AGRICULTURAL ANT FEEDING FROM A HICKORY-NUT KERNEL 85 

 MOUND NEST OF TEXAS CUTTING ANT UNDER A LIVE-OAK TREE 



PARTLY DEFOLIATED 87 



THE HEAD OF A TEXAS CUTTING ANT 88 



A PROCESSION OF TEXAS ANTS CARRYING LEAVES TO THEIR 



CAVES 89 



CUTTING ANTS 93 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF A CUTTING ANTS* NEST 94 



A PIECE OF LEAF-PULP WHICH FORMS THE MUSHROOM GARDEN 96 

 SPRIG OF DWARF-OAK (QUERCUS UNDULATOR), WITH GALLS 



EXUDING DROPS OF SWEET SAP 109 



THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF A HONEY-ANT 110 



HONEY-BEARERS OR ROTUNDS Ill 



ABDOMENS OF HONEY-ANTS 112 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE STOREROOMS OF THE OCCIDENT ANT 115 



OCCIDENT ANT HARVESTING SEEDS OF WILD SUNFLOWER . 116 

 POSTURES OF THE FLORIDA HARVESTER IN CUTTING SEEDS FROM 



THE STEM 117 



SECTION PENNSYLVANIA HARVESTING ANT 118 







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