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INDEX. 



LES 



Lesp^p IVr , on eg^s laid by work- 

 ers- 3.5 ; on grain stored by ants, 

 61 ; on the feeding of Lmne- 

 chiixa by ants, 76 ; on the 

 dcraestic arimals of ants, 90 



/ enokart, his experiments on ant- 

 intelligence, 238 



I ife, duration of, among ants, 8 



Light, dislike of ants to, 2, 186; 

 as aid to sense of direction 

 among ants, 268 ; bees attracted 

 by, 284 



Ligurian queen bee, introduction 

 of a, 287 



Limits of vision with ants, experi- 

 ments as to, 199-206; in Daph- 

 nia, 219 



Lincecum, Dr., as to Texan bar- 

 vest.nj^ants, 62 



Linnseus quoted as to aphides, 67 



Locust, ants apparently deceived 

 by a leaf-like, 66 



Lomechvsa fed by ants, 76, 401 



Long, Col., as to the sense of 

 hearing among certain ants, 226 



Longevity of workers of L. niqer, 

 38. 42. 41.5 ; of queens, 9, 40, 415 



Lowne, Mr., quoted as to the func- 

 tions of ocelli, 183 



Lund, M., quoted as to the intel- 

 ligence of ants, 236 



Lyecena yseudargiolut, ants seen 

 licking the larva of, 68 



MCCOOK, Mr., quoted as to 

 the adoption of a queen by 

 Or ematog aster, 34 ; as to honey- 

 ants, 48 ; as to the grain-fields 

 of the Texan harvesting ant, 62 ; 

 as to ants licking the larva of a 

 butterfly, 68 ; on recognition by 

 smell among ants, 127, 414 



Markel quoted as to insects kept 

 by P. riifa, 74 



Maimonides as to the ownership of 

 ant-stores of grain, 59 



Males only produced by eggs laid 

 by workers among bees, wasps, 

 and ant„s, 36, 37 ; of Anergates 



MTB 



wingless, 86; of Tomognathtu 

 wingless, 87 7U)te 



Mandibles of ants, 11 ; pointed in 

 Polgergiis, 18; but toothless, 

 82 ; sabre-like in S. Huberi, 84 



Marking ants, bees, and wasps, 5 



Meer Hassan Ali, as to harvesting 

 ants, 60 



Melampyrum pratense, ants and 

 seeds of, 416 



Mental power.s of ants differ from 

 those of men in degree rather 

 than in kind, 181 



Metamorphoses undergone by in- 

 sects, 8 



'Metamorphoses of Insects, 

 quoted, 30 



Mexico, honey-pot ants in, 19, 48 



Michael, Mr., on Uropoda, 391 



Microphone, experiment with, 225 



Mimicry, protective, instances of 

 66, 402 



Mischna, rules in, respecting ant- 

 hoards of grain, 59 



Mites, ants infested by, 26, 98 

 new species in nests of Lasiiu 

 Jiavm, 391 



Mocquerys, ]\L, on the tenacity of 

 the hite of tlie ant, 96 



Moggridge, Mr., on harvesting 

 ants, 61 



Morality among ants, question aa 

 to, 93 ; among bees, 285 



Mosaic theory of the vision of com- 

 pound eyes, 1 84 



Moseley, Mr. H. N., quoted as to 

 the connection between ants 

 and certain epiphytes, 58 



Mouth of ant described, 11 



Miiller, his observations on Cla- 

 viger, 76 ; on the mosaic theory 

 of vision, 184; on the colour 

 sense in bees, 307 ; on blue 

 flowers, 310 



Mushrooms grown by ants, 57 



Myrmecina Latreillii, the eye in, 

 11 ; their mode of defence, 16; 

 said to bepi.vlegmatic in disposi- 

 tion, 27 



