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Ants. 



Fig. 7. ROOT-FEEDING APHIS. 



IV. 



1. As already mentioned, none of our northern 

 ants store up grain, and hence there has been 

 much discussion as to the well-known passage of 

 Solomon. I have, however, observed that the small 

 brown ants sometimes carry seeds of the violet into 

 their nests, but for what purpose is not clear. It 

 is, however, now a well-established fact that more 

 than one species of southern ants do collect seeds 

 of various kinds. The fact, of course, has long 

 been known in those regions. 



2. A Texan Ant is also a harvesting species, 

 storing up especially the grains of the so-called "ant- 



