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the fact, that many ant species treat like members of 

 their own family even different orders of insects, 

 namely the beetles of the genera Atemeles, Lomechusa, 

 Xenodusa, etc., which are known as "genuine ant 

 guests," and that they even tend and rear their young 

 as if they were their own. 



It must, therefore, be conceded that the community 

 life among ants is more developed and- more perfect 

 than that among apes and other higher animals ; hence, 

 from the point of view of comparative psychology, 

 the communities of ants represent the most perfect of 

 animal societies. 



