330 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF 
resemble only in manners. In the gene- 
ral form of the body they have a greater 
similarity to Fallow Ants, than to those 
of any other species. 
If I attribute the discovery of the 
Amazons entirely to chance, I owe the 
knowledge I have acquired of the man- 
ners and customs of the species now un- 
der consideration to observation alone. 
In examining, one day, the interior of 
their nest, with the view of observing its 
arrangement, I noticed Ash-coloured 
mingled with the Sanguine Ants ;. they 
were, however, much less numerous than 
in Legionaryant-hills. ‘Thesame intimacy 
appeared to exist between them and the 
Sanguine Ants, as between the auxiliaries 
and Amazonsin mixed colonies. There 
is no difficulty in verifying this remark, 
since these ant-hills are more common 
than those of the Legionaries; they are 
also more within view, the Sanguine 
Ants coming to the surface of their nest 
more frequently than the mason ants of 
any other species. ‘These habitations: 
