SUPPLEMENT 



TO 



HARVESTING ANTS. 



During the sliort time which has elapsed since Har- 

 vesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders left the printer's 

 hands, fresh material has rapidly accumulated, and 

 an assiduous searcli after these creatures, and the 

 continued study of their works and ways, has met 

 with ample reward and encouragement. 



It was my wish, when originall}^ publishing these 

 observations, man}" of which were due to the active 

 co-operation of friends, to invite my readers to take 

 part with me in my pleasure and pursuits, so that v/e 

 should from that time work together, and, by com- 

 municating our discoveries to each other, increase our 

 knowledge, and at the same time enlarge the field of 

 our research. M}'" intention was that we should 

 leave to others the necessary work of collection, 

 preservation, and arrangement, and that, while our 

 fellow naturalists pin specimens into classified cabi- 

 nets, and devote long hours to the description of 

 peculiarities of form and colour, we should undertake 

 the lighter task of complementing their labours by 

 observing and recording the habits and conditions of 

 existence of the creatures themselves. 



Looked at in this light, the present pages and 



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