THE SANGUINE ANTS. 331 
are, for the most part, situated near 
hedges which have a southern aspect. 
The earth of which they are composed, is 
mixed up with fragments of leaves, stalks 
of plants, moss, and little stones, which 
form a species of mortar difficult to 
break. ‘This composition of the ant-hill, 
and its varied form, would have soon 
convinced me it was not the sole work 
of the Ash-coloured or Negro Ants, even 
had I not seen the Sanguine Ants, like 
them, occupied in going ont during the 
rain, and profiting by it, in giving 
greater extent and elevation to their 
abode. 
The Sanguine then take a share in the 
labours of the Negro Ant; they go out 
also, at times, in search of pucerons, but 
this duty principally devolves upon the 
auxiliaries ; and upon them also the office 
rests, on their leaving the ant-hill in the | 
morning, of re-opening the several doors 
that lead to it; for in this species, parti- 
cular care is taken to close every evening, 
all the avenues, by blocking them up with 
