﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OE 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTG^rOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  325 
  

  

  I 
  also 
  found, 
  amongst 
  these 
  eggs, 
  other 
  much 
  smaller 
  bodies, 
  com- 
  

   pressed 
  spherical, 
  somewhat 
  indented 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  hole, 
  

   smooth 
  shining, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  black, 
  in 
  quite 
  small 
  numbers. 
  In 
  

   some 
  few 
  nests 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  them 
  at 
  all. 
  Whether 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  

   these 
  or 
  other 
  animals, 
  and 
  whether 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  eggs, 
  remains 
  up 
  to 
  

   now 
  quite 
  unknown 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  The 
  people 
  of 
  Malabar 
  call 
  White 
  Ants 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  " 
  Karreian 
  " 
  

   and 
  their 
  queen 
  " 
  Karrieian 
  Tain," 
  and 
  the 
  winged 
  ones 
  " 
  Isel." 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  at 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  researches 
  

   regarding 
  these 
  animals 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  the 
  best 
  for 
  all 
  purposes 
  ; 
  yet 
  

   it 
  was 
  not 
  destitute 
  of 
  all 
  benefit 
  which 
  amongst 
  other 
  things 
  consisted 
  

   firstly 
  in 
  this 
  fact, 
  that 
  the 
  clayey 
  soil, 
  softened 
  by 
  the 
  rainy 
  season 
  at 
  

   that 
  time, 
  was 
  much 
  easier 
  to 
  open 
  up 
  and 
  therefore 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  

   to 
  remove 
  all 
  their 
  combs 
  (" 
  Wohnungen 
  ") 
  unbroken, 
  w^hich 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  

   months 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  far 
  more 
  difiicult. 
  Secondly, 
  their 
  nests 
  were 
  

   not 
  so 
  overcrowded 
  with 
  animals, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  investigate 
  everything 
  

   much 
  better 
  without 
  being 
  hindered 
  by 
  these 
  animals; 
  wherefrom 
  it 
  

   follows 
  thirdly, 
  that 
  now 
  that 
  I 
  know 
  so 
  much 
  about 
  them, 
  I 
  can 
  con- 
  

   tinue 
  my 
  researches 
  more 
  correctly 
  hereafter 
  at 
  other 
  times 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   I 
  hope 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  communicate 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  my 
  investi- 
  

   gations 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Society, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  go. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  damage, 
  which 
  these 
  animals 
  are 
  

   wont 
  to 
  cause 
  here, 
  are 
  rather 
  exaggerated, 
  like 
  many 
  other 
  stories 
  from 
  

   India 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  strangeness 
  has 
  originated 
  rather 
  in 
  the 
  incorrect 
  

   notions 
  of 
  their 
  authors 
  than 
  from 
  actual 
  fact. 
  

  

  The 
  golden-yellow 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  of 
  the 
  males, 
  which 
  Professor 
  

   Fabricius 
  has 
  observed, 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  my 
  specimens, 
  and 
  neither 
  

   (" 
  eben 
  so 
  wenig 
  ") 
  are 
  mine 
  without 
  a 
  tongue 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  

   necessary 
  an 
  instrument 
  for 
  their 
  work, 
  wherefore 
  I 
  conclude 
  that 
  

   the 
  former 
  [i.e., 
  Fabricius'] 
  is 
  another 
  species. 
  

  

  But 
  certainly 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  at 
  various 
  times 
  certain 
  lice 
  very 
  firmly 
  

   affixed 
  to 
  their 
  heads 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  convex 
  like 
  the 
  genus 
  Coccinella, 
  

   but 
  very 
  small, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  and 
  yellow 
  ; 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  I 
  pressed 
  them 
  hard 
  with 
  a 
  needle, 
  they 
  stuck 
  out 
  their 
  head 
  

   and 
  feet 
  and 
  made 
  ofi. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  males 
  [workers] 
  was 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  only 
  quite 
  small, 
  also 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  queen-cell 
  I 
  found 
  more 
  soldiers. 
  According 
  to 
  my 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  I 
  take 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  blind, 
  at 
  least 
  they 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  at 
  the 
  

   time, 
  when 
  I 
  made 
  my 
  investigations 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  can 
  scarcely 
  believe 
  

  

  Y 
  

  

  