420 DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF ANTS. 



almost as if to support the roof. The queen is sur- 

 rounded bj workers, those in her immediate neighbour- 

 hood all having their faces turned towards her. There 

 is a group of pupae, and several of larvae, sorted as 

 usual according to ages. There are also a number of 

 the blind woodlice {Platyarthrus Holfmanseggii)^ and 

 of the small Beckia albinos^ both of which habitually 

 live in ants' nests. 



