TWO CHAPTERS ON ANTS. 



to have completed their domicile. At first, 

 several chambers were visible through the 



11 - formed teeth. 2. Partially developed. 3. Entirely 

 obsolete. 



MANDIBLES OP TIIE HARVESTING-ANT. 



glass, and the galleries leading to them, but 

 gradually the light was all shut out by plac- 

 ing little particles of earth against the glass, 

 thus depriving me of the opportunity of 

 watching their movements within the nest. 

 So I now took the jar to the barrens, and 

 set it by the side of a nest which was about 

 a mile distant from where most of the ants 

 were obtained. Here I carefully broke it, 

 and took the thin shell of glass from around 

 the nest, which did not fall, but stood six 

 inches in height and eighteen inches in cir- 

 cumference. With a large knife I removed 

 a thin layer of earth, which revealed three 

 admirable chambers, with galleries leading 



