RELATION BETWEEN ANTS. 171 
harmony we admire in these republics 
rests in their reciprocal affection. It 
will be enough to bring to remembrance 
what M. Latreille has mentioned, re- 
specting some ants, who, upon witness- 
ing the suffering of their companions, 
whose antenne he had cut off, dropped 
from their mouth, upon the wounded 
part, a little transparent liquor, of which 
they knew, perhaps, the full virtue. I 
have no equally affecting instances to re- 
late. I shall, however, mention two, 
which prove the lasting attachment of 
members of the same republic, and the 
desire that their associates might also 
participate in their pleasures. 
I took, in the month of April, an ant- 
hill from the woods, for the purpose of 
populating my large glazed apparatus ; 
but, having more ants than I had occa- 
sion for, I gave liberty to a considerable 
its previous impalement, actually destroyed another 
insect (Sphinx stellarum) in the same box, which 
usually constituted its food. — T, 
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