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CHAP. IIE. 
OF THE FECUNDATION, &C. OF ANTS. 
1. Departure of the Winged Ants. 
Werner we unable to determine the sexes 
of ants from the appearance of those 
light and membranous wings with which 
some are furnished, and others totally 
unprovided, we should still conclude, 
that the former were destined to change 
their place of abode, the latter to remain 
on the spot where they receive their 
birth. That prerogative which distin- 
guishes the males and females from the 
workers, has not been granted them for 
the advantage of the colony in which 
they pass the first period of their exist- 
