252 HISTORY OF 
found a small number of Ash-coloured 
labourers, perched upon the stalks of 
plants, holding in their mouths the few 
larvae they had rescued from pillage; 
these they shortly carried back to. their 
former station. 
This feature, so prominent in the history 
of Rufescent Ants, of whose real name I 
was then ignorant, induced me to give 
them the appellation of Amazon or 
Legionary Ants, as being most analogous 
to their martial character; these deno- 
minations I still retain; therefore, when I 
speak of Rufescent, Amazon, or Legion- 
ary Ants, it will be understood that I am 
treating of the same species. * 
I returned the following morning at 
the same hour, by the route [ had 
* To avoid the too frequent repetition of the 
same word, I shall take the liberty, when speaking 
of the dark Ash-coloured Ant, occasionally to use 
the appellation of Negro, or Negro Ant; a term 
not inapplicable, when we consider the dark colour 
of this species, and the situation it holds in the 
colony, of providing for and administering to, the 
wants, &c.. of the Amazons. — T, 
