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ed the street lights of the city for a night or two ; but the oppor- 

 tunity to become mothers had passed forever. The wedding 

 festivities of Lasius niger had closed for the season. No new 

 festivities could be inaugurated until, in some way not under- 

 stood, the physiological and meteorological factors had stimu- 

 lated a future generation of ant maidens and ant bachelors 

 to wed. 



