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flies, which they have caught, and the aurelia of 

 smaller ants, which they seize by violence. 



WHITE. 



In my Naturalist's Calendar for the year 1777, on 

 September 6th, I find the following note to the article, 

 Flying Ants : 



I saw a prodigious swarm of these ants flying 

 about the top of some tall elm trees close by my 

 house : some were continually dropping to the ground 

 as if from the trees, and others rising up from the 

 ground : many of them were joined togethei in co- 

 pulation : and I imagine their life is but short ; for 

 as soon as produced from the egg by the heat of the 

 sun, they propagate their species, and soon after 

 perish. They were black, somewhat like the small 

 black ant, and had four wings. I saw, also, at an- 

 other place, a large sort, which were yellowish. On 

 the 8th of September, 1785, I again observed the 

 same circumstance of a vast number of these insects 

 flying near the tops of the elms, and dropping to the 

 ground. 



On the 2nd of March, 1777, I saw great numbers 

 of ants come out of the ground. MARKWICK. 



GLOW-WORMS. By observing two glow-worms, 

 which were brought from the field to the bank in 

 the garden, it appeared to us that these little creatures 

 put out their lamps between eleven and twelve, and 

 shine no more for the rest of the night. 



Male glow-worms, attracted by the light of the 

 candles, come into the parlour. WHITE. 



EARTH-WORMS. Earth-worms make their casts 

 most in mild weather, about March and April ; they 

 do not lie torpid in winter, but come forth when 



