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cumstances as the nests inhabited by 
Negro Ants. But what is highly worthy 
of remark is, that there should exist ant- 
hills composed of three different species: 
of ants —the Sanguine, the Ash-colour-. 
ed, andthe Mining Ant. This has been 
fully confirmed by my having observed 
an army of Sanguine Ants form into two 
divisions, when the one attacked a Mining 
and the other a Negro ant-hill. 
I shall now bring these observations to 
a close by stating a fact, which fully de- 
monstrates the influence of habit upon 
the natural disposition of ants. I placed, 
in a box, a few pupz of the Sanguine 
and. Rufescent Ant, under the guard of 
some Ash-coloured labourers. These 
pup became adult ants, and although 
Amazons, lived together in great amity 
under the same roof, thus corroborating 
the facts formerly mentioned. 
The history of Amazon Ants and their 
auxiliaries still proves, that if education 
can efface the hatred existing between 
different species, and consequently ene- 
