84 ON THE HABITS OF ANTS. [LECT. 



signs of any general welcome, or any especial notice 

 taken of her. 



I will not trouble you with all the evidence, but will 

 content myself with one or two cases. 



On the 12th November last, that is to say, after the 

 ants had been separated for a year and three months, I 

 put a friend and a stranger into one of the divisions. 

 The friend seemed quite at home. One of the ants at 

 once seized the stranger by an antenna, and began 

 dragging her about. At 11.45 the friend was quite at 

 home with the rest. The stranger was being dragged 

 about. 



12.0. The friend was all right. Three ants now had 

 hold of the stranger by her legs and an antenna. 



12.15, Do. do. 12.30, Do. do. 12.45, Do. do. 

 1.0, Do. do. 1.30, Do. One now took hold of the 

 friend, but soon seemed to find out her mistake and let 

 go again. 1.45. The friend was all right. The stranger 

 was being attacked. The friend had also been almost 

 cleaned ; while on the stranger the color had been scarcely 

 touched. 2.15. Two ants were licking the friend, while 

 another pair was holding the stranger by her legs. 

 2.20. The friend was now almost clean, so that I could 

 only just perceive any color. The stranger, on the 

 contrary, was almost as much colored as ever. She was 

 now near the door, and I think would have come out, 

 but two ants met and seized her. 3.0. Two ants 

 were attacking the stranger. The friend was no longer 

 distinguishable from the rest. 3.30, Do. 4.0, Do. 

 5.0, Do. 6.0. The stranger now escaped from the nest, 

 and I put her back among her own friends. 



The difference of behaviour was therefore most 



