io A fits. 



each of her legs or antennae, and when they have 

 once taken hold they will suffer themselves to be 

 cut in pieces rather than leave go. 



The Amazon Ant, which, like Formica sanguined, 

 is a slave-making species, has a mode of combat 

 almost peculiar to herself. The jaws are very 

 powerful and pointed. If attacked if, for in- 

 stance, another ant seizes her by a leg she at 

 once takes her enemy's head into her jaws, which 

 generally makes her quit her hold. If she does 

 not, the ant closes her mandibles, so that the 

 points pierce the brain of her enemy, paralysing 

 the nervous system. The victim falls in convul- 

 sions, setting free her terrible foe. In this manner 

 a comparatively small force will fearlessly attack 

 much larger armies of other species, and suffer 

 themselves scarcely any loss. 



