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  Dr. 
  T. 
  A. 
  Chapman's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  scabrinodis 
  and 
  two 
  M. 
  laevinodis. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  

   poor 
  in 
  quantity 
  of 
  brood 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  respects, 
  but 
  all 
  

   accepted 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  L. 
  cilcon 
  given 
  them 
  in 
  September. 
  

   .On 
  Sept. 
  13 
  they 
  are 
  noted 
  as 
  all 
  grown 
  and 
  looking 
  well. 
  

  

  On 
  Oct. 
  13 
  No. 
  1 
  nest 
  {M. 
  scabrinodis) 
  had 
  practically 
  no 
  

   brood, 
  but 
  four 
  L. 
  alcon 
  larvae. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  removed 
  

   to 
  nest 
  2, 
  a 
  newly 
  taken 
  nest 
  of 
  M. 
  scabrinodis, 
  with 
  plenty 
  of 
  

   •brood, 
  this 
  transferred 
  larva 
  soon 
  disappeared, 
  and 
  the 
  

   nest 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  supply 
  No. 
  1 
  with 
  ant 
  brood, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   result 
  two 
  L. 
  alcon 
  in 
  No. 
  1 
  reached 
  maturity. 
  

  

  No. 
  3 
  nest, 
  M. 
  laevinodis, 
  had 
  four 
  L. 
  alcon, 
  one 
  was 
  given 
  

   to 
  nest 
  4 
  (also 
  M. 
  laevinodis), 
  but 
  disappeared. 
  No. 
  4 
  nest 
  

   was 
  afterwards 
  used 
  to 
  supply 
  No. 
  3 
  with 
  ant 
  brood, 
  and 
  

   one 
  L. 
  cdcon 
  larva 
  matured 
  in 
  No. 
  3. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  were 
  small 
  nests 
  without 
  much 
  brood, 
  each 
  

   contained 
  L. 
  cdcon 
  larvae. 
  So 
  late 
  as 
  Dec. 
  16 
  No. 
  5 
  had 
  one 
  

   L. 
  cdcon 
  and 
  No. 
  6 
  had 
  four. 
  On 
  Jan. 
  18, 
  1919, 
  No. 
  6 
  had 
  

   three 
  L. 
  alcon 
  but 
  hardly 
  any 
  brood, 
  and 
  No. 
  5 
  had 
  by 
  some 
  

   oversight 
  been 
  allowed 
  to 
  get 
  too 
  dry 
  and 
  contained 
  neither 
  

   L. 
  alcon 
  nor 
  ant 
  brood, 
  and 
  the 
  ants 
  crowded 
  round 
  water 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  supplied 
  to 
  them. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  nest, 
  both 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  nest 
  itself 
  and 
  the 
  ants 
  contained 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   dried 
  up 
  too 
  easily. 
  

  

  On 
  Feb. 
  23 
  a 
  larva 
  in 
  nest 
  6 
  was 
  found 
  dead, 
  and 
  later 
  

   the 
  others 
  disappeared, 
  probably 
  from 
  insufficiency 
  of 
  ant 
  

   brood, 
  though 
  some 
  was 
  supplied 
  from 
  nest 
  2. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  autumn 
  the 
  L. 
  alcon 
  larvae 
  appear 
  to 
  suck 
  the 
  

   juices 
  of 
  the 
  ant 
  larvae, 
  and 
  the 
  collapsed 
  remains 
  are 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  middens. 
  The 
  L. 
  alcon 
  increase 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   become 
  several 
  millimetres 
  longer, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  

   they 
  dwindle 
  again 
  to 
  nearly 
  the 
  size 
  at 
  which 
  they 
  entered 
  

   the 
  nest, 
  and 
  the 
  larva 
  in 
  nest 
  3 
  that 
  finally 
  pupated, 
  but 
  

   not 
  satisfactorily, 
  was 
  so 
  small 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  winter 
  that 
  

   I 
  thought 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  come 
  round. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  the 
  L. 
  alcon 
  eat 
  the 
  ant 
  larvae, 
  holding 
  them 
  

   between 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  forward 
  abdominal 
  

   segments, 
  the 
  necessary 
  curvature 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  thoracic 
  

   segments. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  no 
  collapsed 
  ant 
  larvae 
  are 
  found, 
  nor 
  did 
  

   I 
  find 
  any 
  frass 
  containing 
  ant 
  remains, 
  but 
  my 
  search 
  

   was 
  probably 
  defective, 
  as 
  the 
  middens 
  (the 
  glasses 
  on 
  

   which 
  I 
  gave 
  them 
  honey) 
  were 
  always 
  very 
  wet 
  from 
  

   deliquescence 
  of 
  honey, 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  remains 
  of 
  flies, 
  earwigs 
  

  

  