476 Queries and Answers. 



A Correction of the Correction in p. 381. of the Trilobites 

 figured in Vol. III. p. 287., without the identifying Letters of 

 Reference to their Names and Sources. — 



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a, Calymene variolaris, from Dudley limestone. b, Calymene Blumenbaclm, from Dudley. 



c, A'saphus Debuchw, from Dynevor Park, South Wales. 



This correction completely supersedes that mistakingly 

 given in p. 381. Of the A'saphus DebuchzV a second and 

 fine specimen is figured in Vol. II. p. 109. : it was derived 

 from a quarry in Radnorshire. — J. D. 



Art. II. Queries and Anstvers. 



Ants conveying in their Mouths other Ants of their own Spe- 

 cies, (p. 287.) — During last summer, myself and a friend saw, 

 while walking through Penge Wood, the black ant instancing 

 the fact which H. B. has, in p. 287., described, and asks for 

 confirmation of. Each ant had one of its fellows in its mouth, 

 rolled up like a ball, and the carriers were moving to and fro 

 in considerable numbers. The sight was quite new to my 

 friend and self. — William Fowler. June 13. 1833. 



In answer to the query of H. B. of Blois (p. 287.), respect- 

 ing numbers of the great black ant [formica herculanea?] 

 seen conveying their companions in their mouths, I would 

 state, that I have witnessed the same thing in the wood ant 

 (F. rufa), in the large woods on the banks of the Wye, where 

 this species abounds. On one occasion, I, and some friends 

 who were walking with me, stopped to observe a host of wood 

 ants, all travelling in the same direction, and each with one 

 of its own species rolled into a circle, and carried without its 

 making any resistance. We repeatedly robbed different ants 

 of their prey : they seemed confused from losing it ; but, as 

 soon as it was again presented to them, immediately resumed 

 the task of carrying it onwards. I endeavoured to trace them 

 to their nest, but failed, as they entered a thick dry stonewall 

 which formed the boundary of the wood. I can only surmise 

 that the ants which were carried were prisoners taken in a 

 conflict with some neighbouring enemy. Those that were 



