IM'KX. 



443 



INS 



182 ; their bearing. 221 ; pos- 

 sibly possess senses inconceiva- 

 ble to ourselves, 225 



Insensible ante, experiments with, 

 99-108 



Intelligence among ante, 181, 236; 

 experiments as to, 240 



Intoxicated ants, experiments on, 

 111; tabular view of experi- 

 ments, 118; experiments re- 

 ft rred to, 128 



TTERNER on floral defences, 52 ; 

 IV. on the uses of nectaries, 56 

 Knot in ants, specific characters 



offered by form of, 13 

 Kirby and Spence, Messrs., as to 



power of communication among 



ants, 156 ; on the power of sound 



in JfettUo, 229 



T ABOUR, division of, among 



Jj ants, 23, 44 ; experiments as 

 to economising, 240; tabular 

 view of experiments on, 324-332 



Landois, on the sound emitted by 

 MutillA, 229; on stridulating ap- 

 paratus in ants, 230 



Langstroth, Dr., as to recognition 

 by smell among bees, 281 ; on 

 their recklessness, 285 



Lame of ants described, 6; of 

 stranger nests carefully tended. 



liuiuibrunnrtu prefers the aphides 

 of the bark of trees, 68 



flarvt, period of larval life in, 

 7; the eye in, 11; will not 

 adopt a strange queen, 32 ; mites 

 in the nest of, 67 ; keeps flocks 

 of the root-feeding aphis, 68; 

 keeps four or five species of 

 aphis in its nests, 73; Piaty- 

 artkrttt a guest of, 75, 90 ; they 

 have arrived at the 'pastoral 

 stage' of progress, 91; their 

 behaviour to a dead queen, 108 ; 

 to chloroformed friends and 

 strangers, 108-111; to intoxi- 



I.EP 



cated friends and strangers, 111; 

 tlicir treatment of strangers, 

 : perception of colour among, 

 190, 193, 195; experiments as 

 to sense of bearing among, 223 ; 

 stridulating apparatus in, 231 ; 

 structure in tibia of, 232 ; want 

 of ingenuity among, 248 ; earth- 

 works constructed by, 249 ; ex- 

 periments with, as to power of 

 communication, 365 ; as to co- 

 operation, 372; new species of 

 mite found in nests of, 429 

 Latiut niyer, workers among, 19 ; 

 fed by aphides, 25 ; eggs laid 

 by workers among, 37 ; longe- 

 vity of, 42 ; typical nest of, illus- 

 trated, 42 ; and described, 44 ; 

 they carry seeds of violet into 

 their nests, 69 ; their choice 

 among aphides, 68 ; Platy~ 

 artkrtu a guest of, 75 ; Hetteritu 

 found in nests of, 77 ; experi- 

 ments as to Clanger in nests of, 

 90 ; observations on a wounded 

 worker among, 95 ; experiments 

 with buried individuals of, 102 ; 

 with pupie as to recognition 

 among, 131 ; as to power of 

 communication among, 160, 163, 

 172, 176, 356-362, 377; as to 

 perception of colour among, 191, 

 201 ; as to their intelligence, 

 240; their want of ingenuity, 

 242, 246; as to scent, 258; as 

 to sense of direction among, 

 260; Phora /omicarut* para- 

 sitic on, 433 



fuligincnu, the eye in, 11; 

 stridulating apparatus in, 230 



Latreille quoted as to compassion 



shown by ants, 94 

 Leaf -cut ting ants, 57 

 Lags of ants described, 12 

 Leptatkarta acrrrontm, Ptaty- 

 ortkrtu a guest of, 75 ; Tomo- 

 fnatkut in nests of, 87 noU 



MMMerwm, Ibmofnatkui in 

 nests of, 87 not* 



