438 



INDEX. 



ARI 



Aristida flligautha, 'ant-rice,' 61 

 Artificial nests for ants, 3, 164 

 Ateuchits pihtlarius, anecdote of, 



154 

 Atrophy of the imaginal discs of 

 tlie ant-workers, 12; of the 

 sting in Formica, 1 5 ; of the 

 eyes of Platyarthms and BecMa, 

 75 

 Atta harbara, the eye in, 11 ; 

 variety of workers among, 19 



— structor, its treatment of col- 

 lected grain, 61 



— testaceo-jnhsa, experiment with, 

 as to power of communication, 

 177 



Attachment among ants, 94 

 Auditory organs, structures in ant- 

 antennfe probably serve as, 226 

 Australian honey ant, 49 ; de- 

 scribed, 428 



BATES, Mr., quoted as to the 

 five kinds of workers in 

 Saiiba, 22 ; as to ant-play, 29 ; 

 as to the use made by ants of 

 leaves, 57 ; as to the armies of 

 Eciton, 65 ; as to leaf -cutting 

 by Saiiba, 237 

 BatHsus, rarely more ' than one 

 specimen of, found in an ants' 

 nest, 78 

 BecMa, one of the ant-guests, 74 

 Bees, occasional fertility of 

 workers among, 36 ; means of 

 recognition among, 126 ; their 

 sense of hearing, 221, 290 ; ob- 

 servations with, 274 ; difficulty 

 in finding their way, 278 ; their 

 behaviour in a strange hive, 281; 

 their recklessness, 285 ; their 

 want of mutual affection, 286 ; 

 their influence on the develop- 

 ment of flowers, 51, 291 ; their 

 colour sense, 291 ; their prefer- 

 ence for blue, 294-310 ; experi- 

 ments on communication among 

 them, 276, 401 



CAR 



Beetles kejit in ants' nests, 74, 76, 

 90 



Belt, Mr. Thomas, quoted as to 

 floral defences against ants, 51 ;■ 

 as to defence against leaf-cut- 

 ting ants, 57 ; on the raids of 

 Eciton, 66 ; on an ant-like 

 spider, 66 



Bert, Prof. Paul, as to the limits 

 of vision, 219 



Bichromate of potash, experiments 

 with, 211 



Bisulphide of carbon, experiments 

 with, 208 ; 



Blanchard, M., quoted as to the 

 origin of nests, 30 



Blindness of Anom'ma and Eciton, 

 65 ; of Platyarthrus and BecMa, 

 75 



Blue, the favourite colour of bees, 

 294, 304, 310 ; flowers, their late 

 origin, 308 



Bonnet, M., on aphis eggs, 70 



Bonnier, M., on indifference to 

 colour among bees, 302 



Bothriomijrmex meridionalis, the 

 eye in, 1 1 



Brazil, blind hunting ants of, 65 ; 

 use made by the Indians in, of 

 the tenacity of an ant-bite, 96 



Biicldce dacty hides, seed of, col- 

 lected by ants, 61 



Biichner, Dr., as to Texan harvest- 

 ing ants, 62 



Bui'meister, on the power of recog- 

 nition among insects, 126 



Butterfly, ants seen licking the 

 larva of, 68 



riAjSIPONOTUS in flatus, de- 

 ^ scribed, 428 

 — ligniperdus, the eye in, 11 ; 



communication among 158 

 Captivity, mode of keeping ants 



in, 2, 3 ; a wasp in, 315 

 Caterpillars killed by ants, 59, 65 

 Caryophxjllacece, correlation of 



form and colour in, 309 



