ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAOK 



A DISH OF HONEY ANTS AS SERVED AT MEXICAN WEDDING 



BANQUETS 97 



HONEY ANTS ASSEMBLED UPON THE ROUGH ROOF OF A VAULTED 



CHAMBER 99 



NIGHT-WORKERS GATHERING HONEY FROM OAK-GALLS . . . 102 

 HONEY-ANT WORKERS OBTAINING HONEY FROM A HONEY- 

 BEARER 106 



WORKER HONEY ANTS DRAWING HONEY-BEARERS INTO A GAL- 

 LERY AND UP A PERPENDICULAR SURFACE 108 



DETAIL OF THE ABDOMEN OF A HONEY-BEARER 110 



GRADUAL EXPANSION, FROM A TO C, OF THE CROP IN A HONEY 



ANT Ill 



CARPENTER ANTS REMOVING THE WOOD PELLETS CUT FROM A 



TREE • 113 



CARPENTER ANTS WORKING IN THE CORNER BEAM OF A FLOUR- 

 MILL 115 



A CARPENTER ANT DUMPING A PELLET OF WOOD INTO A CITY 



GUTTER 118 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE INTERIOR GALLERIES, AND ROOM OF A 



CARPENTER ANT's NEST . 120 



PROJECTING ROOM OVER A HALL: A BAY-WINDOW . , . . 122 

 VIEW OF THE CEILING OF ROOF OF A CARPENTER ANT's NEST 125 

 IMAGO FORMS OF ANT-LION {myRMELEON IMMACULATUs) . . . . 130 



ANT-LION LARVA CAPTURING AN ANT 132 



A BOMBARDMENT 134 



COCOON AND LARVA OF ANT-LION 138 



LEAF-CUTTER BEE {mEGACUILE MENDICa) AT WORK UPON A ROSE- 

 BUSH 145 



BROODING NEST OF LEAF-CUTTER BEE 149 



MALE OF HALICTUa PRUINOSUS ADMITTING THE FEMALE TO THE 



GUARDED BURROW 152 



DIAGRAM OF THE NESTING BURROW OF IIALICTUS PRVIN03US, A 



SOLITARY BEE 154 



MALE HALICTUS BEE GUARDING HIS BURROW AGAINST PIIORA 



CARA, A PARASITIC FLY 155 



MUD-PELLET CELLS OF A MASON BEE (oSMIA) BUILT IN A STONE- 

 HEAP 156 



SECTION OF A WILD-BEE-TREE WITH HONEYCOMB CLINGING TO 



THE INTERIOR 158 



CAVE NESTS AND CELLS OF THE BUMBLEBEE {bOMBUS VIRGINICa) 159 



BURROW AND BROODING-CELLS OF A BURROWING BEE (cOLLE- 



TES INEQUALIS) 163 



A SECTION OF A BEE-TOWN OF COLLETES INEQUALIS .... 165 



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