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  riiOCEEDlXGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  choleraic 
  (lit. 
  apoplectic, 
  " 
  Bauclischlag 
  fluessig 
  ") 
  dysentery 
  so 
  that 
  

   they 
  die 
  of 
  this 
  sickness 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  hours. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  still 
  to 
  remark 
  as 
  something 
  quite 
  peculiar 
  that 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   number 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  stay 
  in 
  such 
  places 
  where 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  rice 
  is 
  

   harvested 
  ; 
  but 
  where 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  cereals 
  are 
  most 
  cultivated, 
  

   which 
  is 
  invariably 
  done 
  on 
  the 
  high-lying, 
  dry 
  fields. 
  

  

  Why 
  the 
  soldier's 
  mandibles 
  are 
  curved 
  upwards, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know.- 
  

   They 
  are 
  thereby 
  inconvenienced 
  because, 
  when 
  they 
  bite 
  into 
  soft 
  

   bodies, 
  they 
  [the 
  jaws] 
  go 
  crosswise 
  over 
  one 
  another 
  and 
  they 
  [the 
  

   soldiers] 
  must 
  remain 
  attached 
  thereto, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  for 
  them 
  

   to 
  disengage 
  themselves 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  curve 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  : 
  — 
  

   their 
  abdomen 
  is 
  then 
  erected 
  vertically 
  upward 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  

   the 
  bite. 
  Perhaps 
  they 
  remain 
  on 
  this 
  account 
  hanging 
  so 
  fast, 
  partly 
  so 
  

   that 
  their 
  enemies 
  cannot 
  so 
  easily 
  free 
  themselves, 
  partly 
  so 
  that 
  they, 
  

   because 
  their 
  bodies 
  stick 
  out 
  so 
  when 
  biting, 
  block 
  the 
  enemy's 
  passage 
  

   through 
  their 
  extension 
  [into 
  the 
  thoroughfare.] 
  Both 
  males 
  [workers] 
  

   and 
  soldiers 
  are 
  as 
  if 
  confused 
  and 
  dizzy 
  and 
  die 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  if 
  they 
  

   come 
  into 
  the 
  full 
  glare 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  entirely 
  without 
  shelter; 
  and 
  the 
  true 
  

   Ants 
  are 
  then 
  very 
  busy 
  in 
  satisfying 
  their 
  hunger 
  with 
  them. 
  

  

  Herewith, 
  for 
  the 
  present, 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  sufficient 
  about 
  the 
  so 
  

   notorious 
  species 
  of 
  White 
  Ant. 
  To 
  this 
  I 
  will 
  add 
  my 
  suppositions 
  

   about 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  kinds 
  and 
  will 
  close 
  [my 
  account] 
  with 
  a 
  [note 
  on 
  one 
  

   which 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  a 
  truly] 
  distinct 
  species. 
  {" 
  einer 
  wirklichen 
  Art."). 
  

   The 
  first 
  * 
  probable 
  [i.e., 
  presumably 
  distinct] 
  (" 
  vermuthlich 
  ") 
  

   kind 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  lives 
  together 
  in 
  small 
  societies 
  on 
  footpaths 
  in 
  

   grassy 
  localities, 
  and 
  usually 
  "direct 
  their 
  track 
  obliquely 
  over 
  and 
  near 
  

   small 
  paths. 
  They 
  build 
  no 
  mounds 
  (" 
  Gewoelbe 
  ") 
  over 
  themselves, 
  

   like 
  the 
  foregoing 
  ; 
  their 
  body 
  is 
  several 
  times 
  larger 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  

   proportionately 
  much 
  stouter. 
  I 
  have 
  as 
  yet 
  not 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  

   of 
  making 
  more 
  exact 
  observations 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  scarce 
  and 
  I 
  

   have 
  also 
  found 
  them 
  only 
  in 
  out- 
  of 
  -the 
  way 
  (" 
  unwegsam 
  ") 
  places. 
  

   The 
  Tamils 
  call 
  them 
  the 
  Finger-post 
  (" 
  wegweisende 
  ") 
  Ants. 
  

  

  A 
  second 
  probable 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  jungle 
  under 
  large 
  

   trees, 
  running 
  over 
  dry 
  leaves 
  in 
  very 
  long 
  processions 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  one's 
  

   finger. 
  These 
  are 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  a 
  finger- 
  joint, 
  and 
  blackish 
  -grey, 
  

   and 
  I 
  discovered 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  manner 
  : 
  On 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  journeys, 
  

   when 
  I 
  was 
  travelling 
  through 
  a 
  grassy 
  jungle 
  (" 
  Grasswald 
  "), 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  just 
  mid-day, 
  I 
  took 
  refuge 
  under 
  the 
  trees 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  heat. 
  

   My 
  eagerness 
  to 
  discover 
  novelties 
  soon 
  led 
  me 
  away 
  from 
  my 
  men, 
  and 
  

   thereupon 
  I 
  heard 
  a 
  peculiar 
  continuous 
  rattling 
  whose 
  cause 
  was 
  un- 
  

  

  * 
  Hcilolermcs 
  viurum, 
  Kcciiig; 
  tho 
  worker 
  is 
  sliowu 
  ou 
  Plato 
  Lll, 
  figures 
  12-14. 
  

  

  