218 RELATION OF ANTS 
bourhood of the ants is agreeable to 
the pucerons, since. those who might 
easily withdraw from their visits, prefer 
resting among them, bestowing upon 
them what is superfluous of their nourish- 
ment. 
I havenoticed the same occurrence with 
respect to the greater part of the ants 
‘of this country. The largest. pay their 
visits also to the pucerons: One would 
be astonished to see how they treat them, 
and with what delicacy they invite them 
with their antennze (which are different 
from those of the Red Ants, and more 
slender at the extremity than elsewhere) 
to deliver over the honey.* I amnot 
acquainted with any ants, to whom the 
art of obtaining from the pucerons their 
subsistence, is unknown: we might even 
venture to affirm that these insects have 
been created for their use. 
* We know that those ants which have two 
knots on the abdominal fillet, have their antennz 
enlarged ; in those of the other classes, they are 
filiform and setaceous. —» A. 
