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smeared with honey, you will see the little 

 creature carefully getting rid of the foreign body 

 with her hairy legs, and paying particular atten- 

 tion to her precious antennae. The mere exist- 

 ence of such developed brushes is sufficient to 



NO. 10. THE ANT'S BRUSII-AND-COMB, FOR CLEANING 

 THK ANTES X.-K. 



prove the immense importance of the organs they 

 clean to the bee-and-ant order. 



The life-history of an ant falls into four periods 

 or ages : the egg, the grub, the pupa, and the 

 perfect insect. The eggs, which are very tiny, 



