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whatever materials they find proper for 
the purpose. 
One of the ordinary occupations of the 
Sanguine Ants, is the going in chase of 
certain little ants, which constitute their 
food. ‘They never go out alone; they 
assemble in little troops, lie inambuscade 
near the ant-hill, wait until some unwary 
inhabitant quits it, and then dart forth 
and secure their prey. ‘The insects they 
meet on their road experience a similar 
fate, whenever they fall in their power. © 
In the Sanguine, as in other mixed 
ant-hills, we find neither:males nor females 
belonging to the auxiliaries. The females 
of the Sanguine tribe are conspicuous for 
their varied colour ; they have the head 
and thorax of a brilliant red, inclining to 
scarlet; the abdomen brown, the feet of 
a dark red. The males are black, with the 
exception of their feet, which are yellow; 
they closely resemble the males of the 
Ash-coloured Ants, but have a larger 
body; they leave their habitation at the 
game. time as the females, accompanied, 
