50 ANTS. 



by the next morning, have the flesh entirely 

 cleared from the bones, and be reduced to a 

 complete skeleton. 



The Amazons, or Warriob. Ants. 



There is one species of large Ants, which 

 M. Huber denominates Amazons, who in- 

 habit the same nests with an inferior species, 

 namely, the dark ash-coloured Ant (noire 

 cendreej, and whom we may call their auxi- 

 liaries. As soon as the heat of summer has 

 set in, the Amazons muster their forces; 

 and, leaving the auxiliaries to take care of the 

 nest, march out in regular order, sometimes 

 dividing their forces into two expeditions, but 

 generally proceeding in one united army to 

 the point of attack, which is always a nest 

 belonging to Ants of the same species as the 

 auxiliaries with whom they live. These re- 

 sist the aggression with great courage ; but 

 are soon compelled to fly from the superior 

 force of the invaders, who enter at the breach 

 they have made, and proceed to plunder the 



