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CONTENTS. 
BOOK III.—COMMUNITIES OF INSECTS. 
THE CITY IN THE SHADOWS: THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS, 
Il. THE ANTS :—THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY—THEIR NUPTIALS, nao 
lil. THE ANTS :—THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR SLAVES, ~ he 
IV. THE ANTS :—CIVIL WAR—EXTERMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY, ... 
V. THE WASPS: THEIR FURY OF IMPROVISATION, ... a via 
vi. ‘‘THE BEES” OF VIRGIL, Ae os BoD = 
VU, THE BEE IN THE FIELDS, me es 
Vill. THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY, .. 
IX. HOW THE BEES CREATE THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMON MOTHER, 
fo EE, 
CONCLUSION, Pe. 4 ie 2s th 06 500 
ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES, ts 50 eee = 
ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS, soo 200 eee see nee eee 
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