WITH THE PUCERONS. 951 
species, excessively small, are always, 
during Autumn, Winter, and Spring, in 
the possession of pucerons. ‘The latter, 
which we might name the microscopic 
ant, for it is only half a line in length, 
equally finds pucerons proportioned to 
its size: they are of a white colour, 
and a little larger than the ant itself. 
The pucerons then are the domestic 
animals of the ants: the latter collect 
these insects around them, as we collect 
those animals which administer to our 
wants, near the habitation in which we 
reside. ‘The animals which are subject 
to our controul, know the voice of man ; 
the pucerons and the gall insects under- 
stand, as it should seem, the language of 
ants, and furnish them with their aliment, 
unconstrained. There are several other 
insects which live among ants, although 
they do not appear to be of any service 
to them; these are, woodlice, earwigs, 
and certain larvae of the scarabei. ‘The 
ants, from being accustomed to their 
sight, permit their residence among them; 
