Professor TIeer's original aeeoniit of rlie habits of uni- si- 

 des, for whieli he used the name (Ecophihoyn pusilhi I lee. 

 For complete translation, see the next paper. 



185(5. Ileer, (). — On the house ant of Madeir:' Trail- 

 lated from the original by Lowe, R. T. Ann. and Mai; X{|. 

 Hist. M ser. XVH. 20!)-:>24 and ^22-33:}, 1 PI. 



The author states that these ants were found o:i the whc' 

 south side of the Island of ^Madeira, u]i to a heigh: cf 1,0( 

 feet, in countless nund)ers, especially in hot, smaiy ])lact 

 They were under ])ractically every stone, and there was hard 

 a house that did not harbor millions of them. 



They were said to show little ])reference as to kinds 

 food attacked in houses; g<»ing after sweets (sugar, hone 

 syrup, preserved fruits); but not less also fresh fleshy frui 

 of all kinds. They seemed to prefer flesh to vegetable su 

 stances. Raw and boiled meat was eagerly sought by then 

 but insects were very decidedly preferred. Great trouble wi 

 experienced in guarding the collections of insects from ther 

 The author remarks that they did not. however, seek aft< 

 dead insects only, but attacked also the living. lie not( 

 their attack upon flies, termites, grassho])pers and eve 

 the destruction of the cochineal insects, and, nunnbei-s of the 

 own family. In these attacks upon large living-insects, it wf 

 noted that the soldiers were never the ones to make the origins 

 assault, but only entered in after the first seizure by worker 

 The soldiers, however, rendered efficient aid in cutting oJ 

 wings and legs of the larger insects, and in breaking them u 

 into bits which were easily carried by th(> workers. 



1869. Brown. F. II. — Some observations on the fauna c 

 ]\radeira. Proc. Post. Soc-. Xat. Hist. XT I, 211. 



"A very troubles(^me little- ant, alxmnds in the houses q 

 Madeira, and is su])])osed to bo peculiar t<i the island. It hi 

 received the name (Ecophihora piislJJa from Prof. Ileer, whi 

 has writtfm an account of this little animal." 



1880. Blackburn, T., and Kirl)y, W. F. — Xotes on specie 

 of aculeate Hynieno])tera occurring in the Hawaiian Islands 

 Ent. Mo. Ma£^. XVII. 8J). 



