INDEX. 



ABJD 



ABDOMEN of ant described, 10, 

 13 ; of the Mexican honey 

 ant, 19, 48 



Acacia with hollow thorns in- 

 habited by ants, 58 



A-flEection less powerful than 

 hatred among ants, 106 ; absence 

 of, among bees, 286 



Agricultural ants, 61, 92 



AJdrovandus quoted as to ants, 61 



Amazon ants, see Polyergus ru- 

 fescens 



Amber, an intermediate fonn of 

 ant preserved in, 68 



Analogies between ant societies 

 and human, 91 



Andre quoted as to Platyarthrus, 

 75 ; as to the slaves of F. sa7i- 

 gvinea, 80 



Anergates, 85 ; no workers among 

 them, 86 ; degraded condition 

 of, 89 



Animal food, queens hatched in 

 an artificial nest supplied with, 

 40 



AngrcBcum sesquipedale, length of 

 flowers of, 52 



(inomm-a arcens, the Driver ant, 

 described, 20, 63 ; their blind- 

 ness, 65 



Ants, three iamilies of, 1 ; four pe- 

 riods of life in. 6 ; duration of life 

 among, 8, 38, 40, 415 ; structure 



of, 10 ; different classes of indi 

 viduals among, 18; communities 

 ot, 24 ; games of, 28 ; their rela- 

 tion to plants, 60; often insecti- 

 vorous, 59 ; their relations to 

 other animals generally hostile, 

 63; their enemies, 26, C7 ; their 

 domestic animals, 67-78, 399 ; 

 progress among, 90 ; their beha- 

 viour towards each other, 94, 

 &c. ; mental powers of, 181 ; 

 their sense of vision, 11, 182- 

 220, 258; of smell, 127, 238; 

 258, 408 ; of hearing;, 221, 226 ; 

 stridulating apparatus among, 

 230; their intelligence, 236 



' Ant eggs,' 7 



'Ant-rice,' 61 



Antenna of ant described, 10 , 

 sense organ in terminal portion 

 of, illustrated, 227 



Antennte as means of communica- 

 tion among ants, 1 53 ; as organs 

 of hearing, 221, 226 ; of smell, 

 94, 234 



Antirrhinum fertilised by humble 

 bees, 54 



Aphides made use of by ants, 25, 

 67 ; different species of, utilised 

 by different ants, 68 ; their 

 honey, 69 ; their eggs tended by 

 ants, 70 ; not domesticated by 

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