ANT COMMUNITIES 



Kauffman, Col. A. B., U. S. A., 



65, 66. 



"Kelep," the, 114. 

 Keys of insects' notes, 131. 

 Kohlrabi-fungus of cutting ants, 



96. 



LABIAL palp, 80. 



Labium, 80. 



Labor, division of, 9; influenced 

 by physical condition, 51. 



" Ladybirds" are beetles, 248. 



Language of ants and other in- 

 sects, 121 et seq. 



Larvae, as food, 83; care of, 164, 

 281; kept in common, 165, 182. 



Lasius flavus, 174. 



Lasius fuliginosus, 183. 



Lasius niger, 152, 159. 



Leadership of commune, 301. 



Leaf-made tents, 35. 



LeConte, Dr., Coleopterist, 230. 



Legs of ants, 279. 



Leidy, Prof. Joseph, 24. 



Leptogenys, 109. 



Leptogenys elongata, 120. 



Leptothorax emersoni, 25,0. 



Leptothorax petiolatus, 199. 



Life, waste of, 158, 160. 



Light within nests, 185. 



Lincecum, Dr. Gideon, 65. 



Litter cleaned up, 287. 



Living chain, working by, 35. 



Livingstone, Dr. David, 9, 148, 

 286: 



Lobopelta chinensis, 119. 



Lobopolata distinguenda, 118. 



Loch Katrine, 58. 



Lycurgus the Spartan, 167. 



M AGO WAN, DOCTOR, Wenchow, 

 China, 110. 



Maimed, described, 215. 



Males, nonentities in work of 

 commune, 167; not fighters, 

 201. 



Mandibles, 80, 206, 270. 



Marriage-flight, 174-176. 



Massagerie among ants, 228. 



Mathematical skill in road mak- 

 ing, 61. 



Matriarchate, an ant commune, 

 160. 



Maxillary palp, 80. 

 Megachile, 89. 



Mclanoplifs femur-rubrum, red- 

 legged locust, 141. 



Mendicants killed, 109. 



Mermithergates, 108. 



Metopina pachycondylce , 236, 238. 



Mimetic language, 122, 123. 



Mimetic entreaties, 108. 



Minims, 78. 



Mites, parasites, 282. 



Moggridge, J. Treherne, 116. 



Moller's corpuscles, 37. 



Moller, Dr. Alfred, 37, 95, 96. 



Monomorium pharaonis, 82. 



Morris, Rev. George K., 99. 



Mosquito voicing, 137. 



Mound-making ants of Alle- 

 ghenies, 2, 3, 85, 101. See 

 also Formica exsectoides. 



Mounds, sectional views, 42. 



Mushroom gardening ants, 95, 

 96. 



Mycetophagous ants, 120. 



Myrmecocyst us hort ideoru m, 10; 

 exterior architecture, 19. See 

 also Honey ants. 



Myrmecophylous insects, 229. 



Myrmica brevinodis, 250. 



"NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN," ant 

 studies therein, xv; on slave- 

 making ants, chap, v, 19, 85, 

 104, 110, -160, 175, 243, 263, 

 280. 



Nest odor acquired by aliens, 

 225 



Night' life, 224. 



Noiseless toil, 48. 



Northern cutting ants, 98. 



Numbers of ants, 92. 



Nurse ants, duties, 167. 



Nursery, emmet, 166. 



Nurses, female, 165. 



OCCIDENT ant, exterior nest, 24; 

 closing gates, 67, 68; store- 

 rooms and dumping-rooms, 

 116; gathering seed, 117; in 

 action, 196; in duel, 207; 

 parasitic nests on, 259; sting 

 of, in fights, 260. 



Odontomachus, 108. 



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