INDEX. 



ABD 



ABDOMEN of ant described, 10, 

 13 ; of the Mexican honey 



ant, 19, 47 

 Acacia with hollow thorns in- 

 habited by ants, 57 

 Affection less powerful than 



hatred among ants, 106 ; absence 



of, among bees, 286 

 Agricultural ants, 61, 92 

 Aldrovandus quoted as to ants, 61 

 Amazon ants, see Polijergus ru- 



fescens 

 Amber, an intermediate form of 



ant preserved in, 68 

 Analogies between ant societies 



and human, 91 

 Andre quoted as to Platyarthrug, 



75 ; as to the slaves of F. san- 



gninta, 80 

 Aner gates, 85 ; no workers among 



them, 86 ; degraded condition 



of, 89 

 Animal food, queens hatched in 



an artificial nest supplied with, 



40 

 A'tgrwcum, sesqvijjcdale, length of 



flowers of, 52 

 Anumma arcens, the Driver ant, 



described, 20, 63 ; their blind- 

 ness, 65 

 Ants, three families of, 1 ; four 



periods cf life in, 6 ; duration of 



life among, 8, 38, 40 ; structure 



APH 



of, 10 ; different classes of indi- 

 viduals among, 18 ; communities 

 of, 24; games of, 28; their rela- 

 tion to plants, 50; often insecti- 

 vorous, 59 ; their relations to 

 other animals generally hostile, 

 63 ; their enemies, 26, 67 ; their 

 domestic animals, 67-78 ; pro- 

 gress among, 90 ; their beha- 

 viour towards each other, 94, 

 &c. ; mental powers of, 181 ; 

 their sense of vision, 11, 182- 

 220, 258 ; of smell, 127, 238, 

 258 ; of hearing, 221, 226 ; stri- 

 dulating apparatus among, 230 ; 

 their intelligence, 236 



' Ant eggs,' 7 



'Ant-rice,' 61 



Antenna of ant described, 10 ; 

 sense organ in terminal portion 

 of, illustrated, 227 



Antennte as means of communica 

 tion among ants, 153 ; as organs 

 of hearing, 221, 226 ; of smell, 

 94, 234 



Antiri'Mnum fertilised by humble 

 bees, 54 



AjjJiidcs made use of by ants, 25, 

 67 ; different species of, utilised 

 by different ants, 68 ; their 

 honey, 69 ; their eggs tended by 

 ants, 70 ; not domesticated by 

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