448 



INDEX. 



TYP 



WOR 



with sensitive flames, 225 ; as to 

 sense organs in antennae, 228 

 Typhlopone, absence of eyes in, 11 



TTLTRA-RED rays, ants not sen- 



U sitive to, 206 



Ultra-violet rays, sensitiveness of 



ants to, 201-220 

 Uropodaformicaria described, 429 



TfARIETIES produced in beetles 

 V frequenting nests of various 



ants, 77 

 Verrall, G. H., Esq., description of 



a new genus of Phoridce, 26, 431 

 Vespa germanica, experiment 



with, as to communication, 415 

 vutgaris, experiment as to 



colour with, 316 

 Vibrations producing sensations 



of sound and colour, 225 

 Violet light, avoidance of, by ants, 



189 

 Violets, colours of, 309 : seeds of, 



carried into nests by Losing, 26, 



69 

 Viscidity of plants, a defence 



against insects, 55, 56 

 Vision among ants, 182 ; of the 



ocelli, 1 83 ; of compound eyes, 

 184 ; limits of, 199, 206, 219 



WALKER, Mr., honey ant sent 

 from Australia by, 48 



Wasps, occasional fertility of 

 workers among, 36 ; sense of 

 hearing among, 221 ; experi- 

 ments with, 311, 415; more 

 clever than bees in finding their 

 way, 313 ; their courage, 314 ; 

 account of a tame one, 315 ; 

 their colour sense, 316 ; their 

 industry, 421 



Water, ants' visits prevented by, 

 52 



Wesmael, M., describes Myrmeco- 

 cystus, 47 



Westwood, Mr., on the production 

 of neuters, 22 ; on the sound 

 produced of Mutilla, 229 



Wings of ants, atrophy of, among 

 the workers, 12 ; pulled off after 

 flight by the queen ants, 12, 19 



Winter, aphis eggs tended by ants 

 through the, 70 



Workers among ants always wing- 

 less, 12 ; varieties of form 

 among, 19-22 ; occasional fer- 

 tility of, 35 ; longevity of, 87, 88 



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