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FIG. 83.— ANT MAKING A CUTTING FROM A LIVE-OAK LEAF. 



excision to the the ground, sometimes retire when the 

 section had dropped, and sometimes seize the section 

 and carry it down the tree or branch." 



'' I was greatly interested to notice here an apparent 

 division of labor. At the foot of one tree was a pile of 

 cut leaves, to which clippings were being continually 

 added hy droppings from above. Carriers on the 



FIR. 84— HEAD OF A CUTTING-ANT, ENLARGED EIGHT TIMES. 



