EXPERIMENTS WITH MYRMICA AND LASIUS. 163 



At 6.31 P.M. she returned and took another. Agaio 



6.33 



6.35 



6.36 



6.37 



6.38 



6.40 



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6.45 



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6.55 



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7. 



7. 1 



7* 2 „ „ 



7. 6 „ „ 



After these 45 visits, she came no more till 8 p.m. ; 

 but when I returned at 10 p.m. I found all the pupae 

 gone. During the time she was watched, however, she 

 brought no other ant to assist. 



I also made similar experiments with 3Iyrmica 

 ruginodis and Lasius niger, imprisoning (as before) 

 all ants that came, except the marked ones, and with 



