INDEX. 



431 



IKS 



182 ; theii hearing, 221 ; pos- 

 sibly possess senses inconceiva- 

 ble to ourselves, 225 



Insensible ants, experiments with, 

 99-108 



Intelligence among ants, 181,236; 

 experiments as to, 240 



Intoxicated ants, experiments on, 

 111; tabular view of experi- 

 ments, 118; experiments re- 

 ferred to, 128 



KERNER on floral defences, 52 ; 

 on the uses of nectaries, 56 

 Knot in ants, specific characters 



offered by form of, 13 

 Kirby and Spence, Messrs., as to 

 power of communication among 

 ants. 1 56 ; on the power of sound 

 in Mutilla, 229 



LABOUR, division of, among 

 ants, 23, 45 ; experiments as 

 ix) economising, 240; tabular 

 view of experiments on, 324 332 



Landois, on the sound emitted by 

 Mutilla, 22'.i; on stridulaiing ap- 

 paratus in ants, 230 



Langstroth, Dr., as to recognition 

 by smell among bees, 281 ; on 

 their recklessness, 285 



fjarvie of ants described, 6 ; of 

 stranger nests carefully tended, 

 129 



£<m«.*Jr««n«M« prefers tne aphides 

 of the bark of trees, 68 



— flai-us, period of larval life in, 

 7 ; the eye in, 11; will not 

 adopt a stmnge queen, 32 ; mites 

 in the nest of, 67 ; keeps Hocks 

 of the root-feeding aphis, 68 ; 

 keeps four or five species of 

 aphis in its nests, 73 ; Platy- 

 arthrus a guest of, 75, 90 ; they 

 have arrived at the * pastoral 

 stage' of progress, 91 ; their 

 behaviour to a dead queen, 108 ; 

 to chloroformed friends and ) 

 swangers, 108-111; to intoxi- | 



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cated friends and strangers, ill ; 

 their treatment of strangers, 

 123; perceptionof colour among, 

 190, 193, 195 ; experiments as 

 to sense of hearing among, 223 ; 

 stridulating apparatus in, 231 ; 

 structure in tibia of, 232 ; want 

 of ingenuity among, 248 ; earth- 

 works constructed by, 249 ; ex- 

 periments with, as to power of 

 communication, 361 ; new spe- 

 cies of mite found in the nests 

 of, 391 

 La.iius niger, workers among, 19 ; 

 fed by aphides, 25 ; eggs laid 

 by workers among, 37 ; longe- 

 vity of, 42; typical nest of, illus- 

 trated, 42; and described, 44 j 

 they carry seeds of violet into 

 their ne^^ts, 59 ; their choice 

 among aphides, 68 ; Platy' 

 art/iru,i a guest of, 75 ; Het^eriui 

 found in nests of, 77 ; ex})eri- 

 ments as to ilangir in nests of, 

 90 ; observations on a wounded 

 worker among, 95 ; experiments 

 with buried individuals of, 102 

 with pupie as to recognition 

 among, 131, 413; aslop.werof 

 communication among, 160, 163, 

 172, 175, 348-359, 367; as to 

 perceptionof colour among, 191, 

 201 ; as to their intelligence, 

 240; their want of ingenuity, 

 242, 246; as to scent, 258; as 

 to sense of direction among, 

 260, 410; Phora formicarum, 

 parasitic on, 395 



— fuliginomu, the eye in, 11 ; 

 stridulating apparatus in, 230 



Latreille quoted as to compassion 



shown by ants, 94 

 Leaf -cut ting ants, 57 

 Legs of ants described, 12 

 Lej)fi>th:irax accrraruvi, Platy- 

 arthrus a guest of, 75 ; Tinno- 

 gnathus in nests of, 87 note 



— niitscorvm, Tomognathut io 

 nests of, 87 nota 



