X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 

 ON THE RELATION OF ANTS TO PLANTS. 



PAOB 



Flowers and insects Ants not so important in relation to 

 flowers as bees, but not without influence Ants seldom 

 promote cross-fertilisation, and hence injurious to flowers 

 Modes by which they are excluded Belt Kerner 

 Aquatic plants Moats Dipsacus Slippery surfaces 

 Gentian, snowdrop, cyclamen Concealment of honey 

 Antirrhinum, Linaria, Campanula, Ranunculus, Lamium, 

 Primula, Geranium, &c. Protection of honey by thickets 

 of spines or hairs Protection by viscid secretions Silene, 

 Senecw, Linnesa, Polygonum, &c. Milky juice Lactuca 

 Nectaries on leaves Leaf -cutting ants Ants as tree guards 

 Importance of ants in destroying other insects Har- 

 vesting ants Solomon The Mischna Meer Hassan Ali 

 Sykes Moggridge Agricultural ants Lincecum McCook 50 



CHAPTER IV. 

 RELATIONS TO OTHER ANIMALS. 



Hunting ants The Driver ants Ecitons Insects mimicking 

 ants Enemies of ants Parisites Mites Phora Domestic 

 animals of ants Aphides Eggs of Aphides kept through 

 the winter by ants Blind beetles Pets Progress among 

 ants Relations of ants to one another Stenamma Solenopsis 

 Slave-making ants Formica sanguinea Polyergus 

 Expeditions of Polyergus Polyergus fed by the slaves 

 Strongylognathu* Degradation of StrongylognathusAner- 

 gatet Explanation of the present state of Strongylognathus 

 and Anergates Progress among ants Phases of life 

 Hunting, pastoral, and agricultural species . . 63 



CHAPTER V. 

 BEHAVIOUR TO RELATIONS. 



Mr. Q rote on 'Morality as a necessity of society' Behaviour 

 of ants to one another Statements of previous writers: 



