INDEX 



tlcrocinus longimanus, 255-258 



Allamander, 121 



Alouatta seniculu^ macconnelli, 

 109 



Ani, 163, 233 



Avosia plexipptia, 37 



Antbirds, 'vhite-fronted, 59, 

 227 



Antlions, 27, 28 



Ants, Army, 58, 60, 154, 282, 

 289; attack on wasps, 290; 

 circular marching of, 291-294; 

 cleaning of, 79-81; cleaning 

 of ground, 77; crippled, 70, 

 71, 81, 82; enemies, 72; 

 foraging lines, 64; guests, 

 88, 292; labor, division of, 

 67; larvae, 87; nest, 59-61, 

 74, 83, 289; nest entrance, 

 74; observing, methods of, 

 63; odor, 62, 64; parasites, 

 292; prey of, 67; rain, re- 

 action to, 65, 66; refuse 

 heaps, 77, 78; scavengers of 

 nest piles, 78; speed of, 68, 

 69, 292; spinning 84-86; 

 vitality, 69 



Ants, Azteca, 278 



Ants, Borneo telegraph, 279 



Ants, I.eaf-cutting, 7, 152, 

 173, 289; at home, 172, 194; 

 attack, method of guard- 

 ing against, 177; at- 

 tack, method of, 177-179; 

 battle of giant soldiers, 163- 

 171; castes, 166; enemies, 



162-163; flight of kings and 

 queens, 185-188; fungus, 180, 

 181; gardens, fungus, 179- 

 181, 189; instinct, 190-192; 

 leaf-chewing in nest, 180; 

 leaves, carrying, 158-162; 

 leaves, method of cutting, 

 158; name, origin of, 156; 

 nest, 172; nest, foundation 

 of, 152, 153, 189, 190; para- 

 sites, external, 176; paths, 

 163-165; queen, 152, 153 

 queens, young, in nest, 185 

 raids on garden, 154-155 

 scavengers of nest, 176 

 speed of, 165-166; soldier 

 description of, 177-178 

 trails, 163-165; visitors at 

 nest, 174-176; worker, de- 

 scription of, 156, 157 



Attaphlla, 182-185 



Attas. See Ants, Leaf-cutting. 



Atta cephalotes, 155, 173 



B 



Bamboos, 9, 13, 23-25 



Bats, 17-19 



Bats, fruit, 151 



Bats, vampire, 4, 18-21, 111, 



208 

 Beach, Jungle, 90-111 

 Beena, 118 

 Bees, 35-37, 175 

 Beetle, 23 



Beetle, Histerid, 292 

 Beetle, long-armed, 256-258 

 Beetle, rove, 72-73 



299 



