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seemed quite at home and was almost cleaned ; the 

 stranger was being dragged about, but was almost cleaned. 

 At 12 A.M. the same thing was going on, and also at 

 12.30 P.M. At 1.30 P.M. the stranger was still being 

 pulled about ; but what struck me as remarkable, the 

 friend also had hold of one of the ants by an antenna. 

 At 2 P.M. the friend was by herself, the stranger was 

 being attacked. At 4 p.m. the friend again had hold 

 of an ant by an antenna ; the stranger was being 

 pulled about. At 5 p.m. the friend seemed quite at 

 home in the nest, the stranger was dragged out of the 

 nest. The following morning I was still able to dis- 

 tinguish the friend ; she seemed quite at home. 



August 5. — Put in a stranger and a friend at 8 a.m. 

 At 8,30 a.m. both were attacked. 9 a.m. ditto, 9.30 

 A.M. ditto, 10 A.M. ditto, 11 A.M. ditto, 12.30 a.m. ditto. 



August 6. — Kepeated the experiment at 2 a.m. 

 Both ants hid themselves in comers. At 3.30 a.m. the 

 stranofer was being attacked : the friend was in a corner 

 by herself. At 4.30 a.m. both were attacked. 5.30 

 a.m. ditto. 



August 7.— Put in a stranger and a friend at 8.30 

 A.M. At 8.45 a.m. both were being attacked. 9.30 a.m. 

 ditto, 10 A.M. ditto. 



August 8. — Put in a friend at 7 a.m. At 8 a.m. 

 she seemed quite at home with the others. At 9 a.m. 

 they had almost cleaned her. At 9.30 a.m. she seemed 

 quite at home with the others. At 10 a.m. ditto. 



August 12. — Put in a friend and a stranger at 7 

 .p.m. Both were immediately attacked. 7.15 a.m. they 

 were being dragged about. 7.45 a.m. ditto, 8 ditto, 

 8.15 A.M. ditto. 



August 13. — Put in a friend at 6.30 a.m. At 7.50 

 A.M. two attacked her. At 8 a.m. she was being 

 attacked by one ant, but another was cleaning her. 

 8.15 a.m. ditto. 8.45 a.m. Two were attacking her, 

 one dragging at her by an antenna. 9 a.m. ditto, 9.30 



