INDEX. 



443 



INS 



182 ; their hearing, 221 ; pos- 

 sibly possess senses inconceiva- 

 ble to ourselves, 225 



Insensible ants, experiments with, 

 'J9-108 



Intelligence among ants, 181, 236; 

 experiments as to, 2-10 



intoxicated ants, experiments on, 

 111; tabular view of experi- 

 ments, lis ; experiments re- 

 ferred to, 128 



KEENER on floral defences, 52 ; 

 on the uses of nectaries, 50 

 Knot in ants, specific characters 



offered by forni of, 13 

 Kirby and Spence, Messrs., as to 

 power of communication among 

 ants. 156 ; on the power of sound 

 in MutiUa, 229 



IABOUll, division of, among 

 i ants, 23, 4i ; experiments as 

 to economising, 240; tabular 

 view of experiments on, 324-332 



Landois, on the sound emitted by 

 Mntilla, 229; on stridulating ap- 

 paratus in ants, 230 



Langstroth, Dr., as to recognition 

 by smell among bees, 281 ; on 

 their recklessness, 285 



Larv;e of ants described, 6 ; of 

 stranger nests carefully tended, 

 129 



LaniiiiihrunneuspreieTS the aphides 

 of the bark of trtes, 68 



— JlarHS, period of larval life in, 

 7; the eye in, 11; will not 

 adopt a strange queen, 32 ; mites 

 in the nest of, 67 ; keeps flocks 

 of the root-feeding aphis, 68 ; 

 keeps four or five species of 

 aphis in i's nests, 73; Platij- 

 aHhrns a guest of, 75, 90 ; they 

 have arrived at the ' pastoral 

 stage' of progress, 91 ; their 

 behaviour to a dead queen, 108 ; 

 to chloroformed friends and 

 strangers, 108-111; to intoxi- 



LEP 



cated friends and strangers. 111 ; 

 their treatment of strangers, 

 123 ; perception of colour among, 

 190, 193, 195 ; expeiiments aa 

 to sense of hearing among, 223 j 

 stridulating apparatus in, 231 ; 

 structure in tibia of, 232 ; want 

 of ingenuity among, 248 ; eartli- 

 works constructed by, 249 ; ex- 

 periments with, as to power of 

 communication, 365 ; as to co- 

 operation, 372; new species of 

 mite found in nests of, 429 

 Za.iius niffcr, workers among, 19 ; 

 fed by aphides, 25 ; eggs laid 

 by workers among, 37 ; longe- 

 vity of, 42; typical nest of, illus- 

 trated, 42 ; and described, 44 ; 

 they carry seeds of violet into 

 their nests, 59 ; their choice 

 among aphides, 68 ; P.'afy- 

 artkrus agnest of, 75 ; Hetrcrius 

 found in nests of, 77 ; experi- 

 ments as to Clarigcr in nests of, 

 90 ; observations on a wounded 

 worker among, 95 ; experiment s 

 with burled individuals of, 102 ; 

 with pupte as to recognition 

 among, 131 ; as to power of 

 communication amonsr, 160, 163, 

 172, 175, 356-362, 377; as to 

 perception of colour among, 191, 

 201 ; as to their intelligence, 

 240 ; their want of ingenuity, 

 242, 246 ; as to scent, 258 ; as 

 to sense of direction among, 

 260; PJiora formicarum para- 

 sitic on, 433 



— fulyjinosKS, the eye in, 11; 

 stridulating apparatus in, 230 



Latreille quoted as to compassion 



shown by ants, 94 

 Leaf-cutting ants, 57 

 Legs of ants described, 12 

 Leptothorax acervorum, Platy- 

 arthriis a guest of, 75 ; Tomo- 

 ff/iat/nts in nests of, 87 note 



— muscorvm, Tomognathm in 

 nests of, 87 note 



