68 THE entomologist's record. 



little notice of her. She greeted some others, one of whom made as if 

 to attack her. I thereupon took up this L. nwbratns ^ and put her 

 into my artificial nest. She was at once seized by an antenna, but 

 released almost immediately. Several ants threatened, but did not 

 attack her. Shortly after a large L. fiilu/ijwsus dragged her out of the 

 nest. Immediately after being released, she ran back into the nest. 

 At 5.0 a.m. next morning she was dead, and an ant was carrying her 

 about the nest. 



On August 26th I found another />. Hmbratits coming out of one of 

 the holes in the wall used by the L. fttlijiinnsus. I put her in my nest 

 at 11.35 a.m. She entered readily, saluting all the ants she met, 

 though they seemed to threaten her. At 12.10 p.m. a L. fuliginosus 

 was cleaning her, and at 12.13 p.m. another was feeding her. At 

 12.20 p.m. a L. fulif/inosns was holding her by an antenna. 



At 12.30 p.m. I found another large L. iiiubratus and a Mtjrwica 

 scabrinndis, among the L. ftdu/inosits. I put them both in the nest. 

 The former behaved like the previous one, but the iV. scahrinodis ran 

 away from every ant she met, and hid in a corner, eventually escaping 

 from the nest. The first L. lonbratus was still held by an antenna. 

 I then went out and found two more L. nmbratiis ^ s on the flagstones, 

 and put them in the nest. They saluted the L. fiilif/ifwaiis, who this 

 time returned the salute by rapid jerks of the body. There were now 

 four in the nest, none being attacked, the one held by an antenna 

 having been released. Presently one came out and crossed from one 

 table to the other on the stick connecting the two, just as numbers of 

 L. fiiliffinosHs were doing. I watched this ant cross and return, going 

 straight back to the nest. I then took two L. faviis ^ s from a nest 

 in the garden, and put them in my nest. The larger one soon found 

 her way out without having encountered any ants, but the smaller one 

 encountered some L. fuUijinosm, and was at once killed. I then put 

 a L. }d(ier in the nest. She was at once chased throughout the whole 

 nest, but her greater speed enabled her to escape. At 1.35 p.m. three 

 L. mubratiis were in the nest unmolested. At 2.30 p.m. two were un- 

 molested, the third being held by a leg. At 4.10 p.m. all three were 

 untouched, the fourth was not in the nest. At 5.0 p.m. all well, one 

 being fed by a L. ftilifihwsus. At 7.2 p.m. two were in the nest unhurt. 

 At 7.20 p.m. I saw a L. unibratns just entering the nest carrying a 

 L. fiili(/inos)is larva (the L. fidif/inosKs used occasionally to carry larvfe 

 across to the other table and back again). Just inside the nest she 

 met a L.fidif/inosns, who took the larva from her. The L. xnibratus then 

 turned round and crossed the stick to the other table again. No others 

 were inside the nest, but I could see no dead ones anywhere. 



Next day, August 27th, at 10.45 a.m., one was in the nest. At 12.0 

 noon two were in the nest. At 1.45 p.m. ditto. At 3.28 p.m. ditto. 

 One was moving the L. //(Z/V/Mio.s^s larvae about. At 6.10 p.m. still two 

 inside. One was being fed by a L. fulif/inosKs. August 28th, at 

 9.30 a.m. one was in the nest, no others being visible. At 10.40 a.m. 

 two in the nest, one occupied in plastering earth against one side of 

 the frame. At 2.0 p.m. two in nest. At 10.0 p.m. ditto. August 

 29th, at 10.0 a.m. two inside nest. At 3.30 p.m. ditto. One was 

 feeding the larv*. At 5.45 p.m. one inside being fed, another out 

 on the table. When I disturbed the nest the former helped the L. 

 fuliijinosus to move the larva?. August 30th, I could see no L. umbratu^ 



