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smeared with honey, you will see the little 

 creature carefully ^ettinj^ rid of the foreii^n body 

 with her hairy lcj:^s, and paying particular atten- 

 tion to hc-r precious antennie. The uu-re exist- 

 ence of such developed brushes is .sutticicnt to 



No. 10. — IIIK ANTS HRUSH-AND-COMH, lOR CI.KANINf; 

 111 I. AN IKNN.K. 



prove the inuncnse nnpoitance ot tlu- oi^au^ thcv 

 clean to the bec-and-ant older. 



The life-history of an ant tails into foui- periods 

 or aj^es : the e^^j^, the ,Lii ub, the jMipa, and the 

 perfect insect. The ej^gs, which aie very tinv, 



