136 ANTS REMOVED AS PUFM, AND RESTORED 



attacked, dragged out of the nest, and dropped into the 

 surrounding moat of water. 



Again, on July 14 last year (1 878) I put some pupae 

 of Formica fusca from nest No. 36 into a glass with 

 three ants of the same species from nest No. 60. 



On the 22nd I put an ant from one of these pupae 

 into her old nest (No. 36) at 9.30 a.m. She was at- 

 tacked. At 10 she was being dragged about. 10.30 

 ditto. I regretted she was not watched longer. 



August 8. — Put another ant which had emerged 

 from one of these pupae into her old nest (No. 36) at 

 7.45 A.M. At 8 she seemed quite at home among the 

 others. 8.15 ditto, 8.30 ditto, 9 ditto, 9.30 ditto. 



August 9. — Put two other young ants of this 

 batch into their old nest (No. 36) at 7 a.m. At 7.30 

 they were all right. At 7.30 one of them was being 

 dragged by a leg, but only, I think, to bring her under 

 shelter, and was then let go. Young ants of this spe- 

 cies, when the nest is disturbed, are sometimes dragged 

 to a place of safety in this way. At 8.30 they were 

 all right and nearly cleaned. After this I could not 

 distinguish them ; but if they had been attacked, we 

 must have seen it. 



August 11. — Put in another one as before at 

 8.30 A.M. At 8.45 she was all right. At 9 she was 

 dragged by a leg, like the last, but not for long ; and 

 at 9.30 she was quite comfortable amongst the others. 

 IC ditto, 10.45 ditto, 12 ditto, 5 ditto. 



August 24. — Put in the last two ants of this lot 



