TRANSACTIONS 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



LONDON. 



On the Habits of the " Drivers" or Visiting Ants of 

 West Africa. By Rev. Thomas S. Savage, M.D., of 

 Cape Palmas, Corr. Mem. of the London Ent. Soc; 

 Boston Nat. Hist. Soc; National Inst., Washington; 

 D.C., &c. (In a letter addressed to J. O. Westwood, 

 Esq., Sec. Ent. Soc. London.) 



Fishtown, near Cape Palmas, W. A. 

 5th August, 1845. 



Dear Sir, 



In compliance with a promise in former letters, 

 I proceed to give you my " Notes upon the Habits of certain 

 Species of Ants in the vicinity of Cape Palmas, W. A." You 

 will bear in mind, however, that I am still pressed with duties of 

 higher moment, and can devote to these observations such hours 

 only as are needed for recreation. 



As on former occasions, I have avoided all attempts at technical 

 descriptions, thus giving myself more time to investigate the 

 habits of my specimens and transmit more frequently. I feel the 

 less reluctance in doing this, knowing your ability, and bemg 

 assured that with the same specimens before you nothing will be 

 lost in this respect to science or Africa. 



VOL. v, B 



