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Wars of ants, 335 



Ancient records of ant battles, ib. 



Observations of Huber, ib. 



Experiments of J. R., 338 



Battle between herculean and sanguine ants, 339 



Each knows its own party, 340 



Manoeuvring of the sanguine ants, 341 



Contiguity not always a cause of war, ib. 



Ant expeditions to capture slaves, 342 



Discovery of slave-making ants by Huber, ib. 



Attacks several times renewed, 344 



Tactics employed against the mining ant, 346 



Experiments of J. R., ib. 



Proceedings of the attacked ants, ib. 



Tactics of the sanguine ants, 348 



Ruber's narrative, 349 

 Circumstances partially known to Gould and White, 351 

 The slave-making ants never make prisoners of the 



old, ib. 



Ant slaves not apparently miserable, 352 



Warrior ants dislike labour, 353 



Experiment of Huber, ib. 



Observation of Latreille, 356 



SECTION IV, 



CHAPTER XIV. — Ojv the Collection and Preserva- 

 tion OF Insects for the purposes of Study. 



Plan of study — Addison's, approved of, 358 



Watching the progress of insects recommended, 359 



Places in which insects may be found, 360 



Importance of the study to domestic comfort, 361 



Its use in husbandry, ib. 



Keeping of insects alive, 362 



Glasses useful, ib. 



Stephens's breeding-cage, 363 



Method of supplying insects with growing foods, 365 



Plants on which insects are found, 366 



Collecting of insects, 367 



Use of an umbrella for this purpose, ib. 



Boxes for securing them, 368 



Water-net, 369 



Butterfly-net, 370 



Clap-net, 371 



Net forceps, 372 



French insect forceps, 373 



Digger, ib. 



