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with the others, saying that it represents " a distinctly higher type 

 of social life ; they show more skill in architecture, may literally be 

 said to have domesticated species of aphides, and may be compared 



FIGURE 193. The Blind Wood-louse that lives in ants' nests. 



to the pastoral stage of human progress to the races which live 

 on the produce of their Hocks and herds. Their communities are 

 more numerous ; they act much more in concert ; their battles 

 are not mere single combats, but they know how to act in 

 combination."* 



In the southern counties a red ant is to be found, which 

 may also be kept in captivity along with some of its slaves or 



* " Ants, Bees, and Wasps," International Science Series. 



