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ANECDOTES OF 



REMARKABLE INSECTS. 



ANTS.---TERMES. 



iThe WOOD ANT, as seen through a Microscope. ~\ 



Brief description oftkeir Commonwealth, 



x\NTS live in large societies, somewhat in 

 the manner of bees or wasps, and are, like 

 them, divided into males, females, and neu- 

 trals. This latter class appears to conduct 

 the business of the nest, which is usually 

 at a small distance from the surface, in some 



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