438 



INDEX. 



ARI 



Aristida oligtuitha, 'ant-rice,' 61 

 Artificial nests for ants, 3, 164 

 Ateuchus jnlidarius, anecdote of, 



154 

 Atrophy of the imaginal discs of 

 the ant-workers, 12; of the 

 sting in Formica, 15 ; of the 

 eyes of Platyarthrus and Beclda, 

 75 

 Atta iarhara, the eye in, 11 ; 

 variety of workers among-, 1<J 



— structor, its treatment of col- 

 lected grain, 61 



— testaceo-jrilosa, experiment with, 

 as to power of communication, 

 177 



Attachment among ants, 94 

 Auditory organs, structures in ant- 

 antennas 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 

 Ecitoii, 65 ; as to leaf -cutting 

 by Saiiba, 237 

 Batrisus, rarely more than one 

 specimen of, found in an ants' 

 nest, 78 

 Beclda, 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 kept 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 

 Eoiton, 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 Aiwnima and Uciton, 

 65 ; of Platijarthrus 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 



Bothriomyrmex meridionalis, the 

 eye in, 11 



Brazil, blind hunting ants of, 65 ; 

 use made by the Indians in, of 

 the tenacity of an ant-bite, 96 



Buchloe dactijloides, seed of, col- 

 lected by ants, 61 



Biichner, Dr., as to Texan harvest- 

 ing ants, 62 



Burmeister, on the power of recog- 

 nition among insects, 126 



Butterfly, ants seen licking the 

 larva of, 68 



riAMPONOTUS inflatus, de- 

 ^ scribed, 428 

 — luimperdus, the eye in, 11 ; 



communication among 158 

 Captivity, mode of keeping ants 



in, 2, 3 ; a wasp in, 315 

 ('aterpillars killed by ants, 59, 65 

 Carijoplujllacea', correlation of 



form and colour in, 309 



