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and with the colour of the spider imitating that of the ant to perfection, the 

 different shape of the Cephalo-thorax is obscured from sight and the fraud 

 is not discovered from the front. And behind, the shape of the abdomen 

 with the two black spots on it for eyes, set at rest at once, the doubts of any 

 inquisitive ant. When it is lying in wait or moving about the spider keeps 

 constantly fluttering the first two pairs of legs. 



Red Tree Ant. 



Spider. 



From the way the spider preys upon the ants, it is easily perceived that 

 it is a coward. When one was put in a bottle along with three ants the 

 spider appeared much terrified and fled on the approach of the ants which 

 were on a vigorous search for an exit. But when these same ants were 

 slightly pinched and put again in the bottle half dead, it was not long 

 before one appeared in the jaws of the spider. 



It is interesting to record that two black spots in the same portion on the 

 body, but on the wings, were observed on the mimicking bug, but the only 

 specimen that I ever got has been unfortunately lost. 



K. KUNHIKANNAN, m.a., 



Senior Assistant Entomologist. 



Bangalore, 1th September 1915. 



No. XXVII.— SENSE OF LOCALITY IN A LEAF-CUTTING BEE. 



Once in October in the Fatehgarh district I had to make a long round of 

 villages and arranged to spend the middle of the day at the furthest village. 

 On arrival I found that the villagers had put out two charpoys for me in a 

 grove under the shade of a mango tree. The charpoys were placed paralleL 

 about six feet apart, and with their length running north and south. I 

 seated myself on the east side of the east charpoy. 



