RELATION BETWEEN ANTS. 167 
themselves. I have often seen these in- 
sects occupied in establishing them, or in 
giving them greater breadth. This art 
belongs exclusively to the Fallow Ants ; 
but the recruiting is common to them, 
with the Herculean, Ethiopian, Ash- 
coloured, the Sanguine, and the Mining 
Ant. That very valuable gift of being 
directed in their movements by means 
of the antennez, of which we have before 
spoken, is in use among the Brown, the 
Yellow, t 1e Fuliginous, and several other 
ants. 
We have one word to say respecting 
Field Ants, which take a middle place 
between the two genera we have de- 
scribed, inasmuch as they sometimes con- 
duct themselves peaceably towards each 
other, and regulate their movements by 
signs; but what is very remarkable is, 
the manner in which they take off their 
recruits ; in place of carrying them rolled 
up and suspended under their neck, they 
hold them in a contrary direction; they 
also take them up by their mandibles, but 
