968 COMPOUND ANT-HILLS. 
tion of the interior of one of these mixed: 
ant-hills, I came to the knowledge of the 
singular composition of these republics. 
The Negro labourers, by far the most: 
numerous, occupied the upper story of 
the building ; they were guarding a mul-. 
titude of pupse, which appeared to be of 
two different species: some resembled. 
those of the Negro Ants (probably what 
the Amazons had brought thither), others 
exhibited the perfect mould of the Martial 
Ants; these were larger than the preced- 
ing, their mandibles were slender and 
arched, their eyes small and black; added. 
to this, they had every character of that. 
species. There was also under the guard 
of the Negro Ants, a considerable number 
of larve, belonging to different species, 
admitting of easy distinction, from the: 
curvature and thickness of the body. 
Descending another story, I perceived the: 
Amazons collected in numerous groups, 
mingled with the Negroes; but what 
most interested me, and fully satisfied my: 
curiosity, was, the finding among them 
