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step, it was however necessary to insti- 
tute a comparison between the allied 
and rival ants, the Amazons, and the 
peaceable Ash-coloured Ants, and the 
latter intermixed with those of the same 
species, in simple ant-hills. The compa- 
rison, [ would even say the confronting, 
of the Ash-coloured Ants in compound, 
with those inhabiting simple ant-hills, 
daily repeated, and often with the micro- 
scope, left me no doubt of their identity. 
The Rufescent Ant, denominated by 
M. Latreille, Fourmi roussdtre, in every 
point answers the description of those 
that fell under my own observation.’ 
This author, having made, not only a 
genus apart, but a distinct class of these 
insects, from the simple inspection of 
their form, had, without knowing their 
manners, given the best proof of the dis. 
tance which separates them from the dark 
Ash-coloured Ants. In the notes at the 
end of this work, a description is given of 
both species; I shall here, however, 
briefly describe them to prevent the trou- 
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