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within an orchard. But alter a while the orchard was opened 

 to cattle, who naturally ate the succulent grass-grain which 

 the Ants had planted. Finding this to be the case, the Ants 

 abandoned the orchard, and took to making their plantation in 

 the garden and other spots where the cattle could not disturb 

 them. The crops generally spring up about the beginning of 

 November. 



There arc many specimens of these Ants in the British Mu- 

 seum. Their colour is yellowish brown. The first of the illus- 



Fiu. 231.— Myrmica barbata. Workers. 

 (Yellowish brown.) 



trations represents a fully developed male on the wing. The 

 second shows one of the fully developed females taking a flight 

 at their swarming-time, while another is leaving the burrow. 

 The third illustration represents the workers carrying seeds to 

 the granary. 



