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invariably msli out immediately. If the ' danger ' is from ants or any- 

 thing in the ' usual course of nature ' they behave gallantly ; if, how- 

 ever, the danger is of a ' superusual ' Mnd^ the 2^ are curiously 

 timid^ rushing for the security of the nest, or the nearest cover* 

 without the least shame. , In most eases within the nest the ^ are as 

 fearless as the ^ , and I have frequently secured specimens of 2[.» 

 without the trouble of digging, by ' fishing ' in the nest with a straw. 

 I can only conclude that this difference in the behaviour of the 3- 

 under different circumstances is due to the fact that the small size 

 (and cubic contents) of the g renders them safe from the attacks of 

 birds, lizards, &Co, and that such is not the case with the 3.« -P- latinoda 

 is a very common form in the Dekhan. Mr. de Niceville records it 

 as tending larvse of Tarucus theo-phrastus (Fab.). 



165o Ph. latinoda (Roger), race angustior (Forel MS.). 

 Poona Districts. 



166. Fk. latinoda (Roger), race eonfinis (Forel MS.). 

 Poona Districts, 



The nest was in a tree ; P. latinoda is exclusively subterraaean. 



167. m. wroughtoni (Forel MS.). 



Poona Districts. ...... . ,(12-6-90, ^ , ? ) 



Thana Districts ,....F. Gleadow. 



Fairly common; the 3- ^^^ ^^ enormous head. In one nest of 

 P. wroughtoni, when I removed the stone which covered the entrance, I 

 found a number of beetles. All sorts of insects, as cockroaches, bugs, &c. , 

 and even Le-pismidce, are fond of sheltering under stones ; consequently, 

 when the entrance to an ants' nest is also under a stone, it is very difficult 

 to know if there is any (and if so what) special relation, between the ant» 

 and these outsiders. In this case, however, there could be no doubt that 

 the beetles were ' owned/ When I disturbed the nest, quite as much 

 fuss was made over the beetles as over the larvae and pupse. The § 

 seized hold of their antennae and dragged or led them to the gallery 

 communicating with the nest below ground. There was no attack 

 on the legs of the beetles, which would certainly have been the case 

 had they been intruders ; indeed I do not believe an ant would ever 

 take a living enemy into its nest, and in this case the intention to 

 take the beetles in alive was most marked. Moreover, the beetles 

 themselves submitted passively to the handling of the ants, yet when 



