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Nov. lolh. No. 3 transfcrred yesterday to plaster ncst, they 

 hâve not quite scttled down, ants in two corners, onc group with 

 brood, the other with aUon. Alcon in ail nests much ihe same, 

 close to thc brood in No. ô. 



Nov. ij/Ii. The alcon in nest ô is usiiall}' just outsidc the (con- 

 sidérable) heap of ant larvac — as usual in the nests. 



Nov. i8lh. Alcon in ô with some ants ni a corner, mass of 

 brood in opposite corner. 



Nov. 28th. L. alcon ail looknig well and wilh brood, but do 

 not grow, still about or a shade over 5 mm. One ant larva 

 from midden to-day ; 3 on 24th ; 2 on i8th. Thèse were dead 

 larvae and probably siicked by alcon but wcre not so charac- 

 teristic as the earlier ones. 



Dec. yth. Alcon in nest 6 is now usually amongst ants and 

 brood, but in a secondary group, not in the main mass. 



Dec. 8th. Alcon in nest 6 found dead with several ants in 

 a corner away from largest group. It was injured apparently 

 by several bites about the central segments and was shrivelled 

 a little (by juice being sucked?). The other three seem well 

 and are treated as usual; this one (No. 6) was put in from 

 another nest and was never treated by the ants like the others 

 as being more precious than their own brood. 



Dec. II th. No. 3 alcon looks rather smaller, other two as 

 usual. 



Dec. 2^th. Brood bemg very scarce in nests i, 2, and 3 took 

 some from 6 and placed in them. 



Dec. 2çth. Alcon in i, 2, and 3, are found m and under the 

 little heap of brood with the ants over as usual. The alcon 

 look rather thinner than they did. Some 6 ant larvae in 

 midden, but hâve not the appearance of having been sucked by 

 the alcon, may hâve been injured in removal, or not kindly 

 accepted by ants. 



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