x BRITISH ANTS. 



present volume will serve both as an inducement and an aid to the 

 study of the most fascinating of all insects. 



The figures inserted in the text (except Figs. 45-50) were drawn 

 by the late T. Carreras. Nearly all are from nature ; but a few 

 are copies, and in such cases reference is made to the sources from 

 which they were taken. 



The drawings for Figs. 45-50, and also the beautiful paintings 

 reproduced on Plate IV, are the work of the accomplished Belgian 

 entomologist and artist, J. Bondroit. 



The photographs of eggs, larvae, pupae, and perfect insects are 

 from negatives taken by A. W. Dennis from specimens of my own 

 collecting : those representing nests and their surroundings are 

 from negatives taken by myself, except where otherwise stated. 



HORACE DONISTHORPE. 



December Slat, 1914. 



