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INDEX. 



TYP 



with sensitive flames, 225 ; as to 

 sense organs in antennaj, 228 

 Typklopone, absence of eyes in, 11 



ULTRA-RED rays, ants not sen- 

 sitive to, 206 

 Ultra-violet raj'S, sensitiveness of 



ants to, 201-220 

 Uropodaformicaria described, 429 



^7'ARIETIBS produced in beetles 

 frequenting nests of various 



ants, 77 

 Verrall, G. H., Esq.,descriptio7Ti of 



a new genus of Phoridw, 2fi, 131 

 Vespa germanica, experiment 



with, as to communication, 415 

 — vulgaris, experiment as to 



colour with, 316 

 Vibrations producing sensations 



of sound and colour, 225 

 Violet light, avoidance of, by ants, 



189 

 Violets, colours of, 309 ; seeds of, 



carried into nests by Lasiv.t, 26, 



69 

 Viscidity of plants, a deTence 



against insects, 55, 56 

 Vision among ants, 182 ; of the 



ocelli, 183; of compound eyes, 

 184 ; limits of, 199, 206, 219 



WALKER, Mr., honey ant sent 

 from Australia by, 48 



Wasps, occasional fertility of 

 workers among, 36 ; sense of 

 hearing among, 221 ; experi- 

 ments with, 311, 415; more 

 clever than bees in finding their 

 wa}', 313; their courage, 314; 

 account of a tame one, 315 ; 

 their colour sense, 316; their 

 industry, 421 



Water, ants' visits prevented by, 

 52 



Wesmael, M., describes Myrmeco- 

 cystus, 47 



Westwood, Mr., on the production 

 of neuters, 22 ; on the sound 

 produced of Mutilla, 229 



Wings of ants, atrophy of, among 

 the workers, 12 ; pulled off after 

 flight by the queen ants, 12, 19 



Winter, aphis eggs tended by ants 

 through the, 70 



Workers among ants alwaA s wing- 

 less, 12 ; varieties of form 

 among, 19-22 ; occasional fer- 

 tility of, 35 ; longevity of, 87, 88 



