208 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
of the more matured larvæ ; the second the comparatively feeble, and the 
third the charge of the herds. On the disturbance alluded to, each class 
immediately set to work in the discharge of its prescribed duty. But as 
itis to the third class that I shall particularly call attention, I shall be 
compelled to pass over the two preceding classes, referring your readers to 
the forthcoming Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 
Sciences, where their habits will be found minutely detailed. 
But now to the third class. When the disturbance took place, its 
individual members were so intent upon soliciting by their caresses the 
much coveted sweet, most likely to be used as food for the young larvæ 
(but this I could not determine at the time), that they did not seem to 
notice the invasion of their jurisdiction. When fully aware of the fact 
instead of leaving their flocks at the mercy of the invader, and seeking 
their own personal safety by flight, each manifested the deepest concern 
for the little creatures who pandered so willingly to their temporal welfare. 
As if conscious of the debt of gratitude which they owed to them, they 
carried them down into their underground dwellings, where they found 
them comfortable quarters. Here it is plain that these tender creatures 
receive as much, if not infinitely more, care and attention than man is apt 
to bestow upon his flocks. Whether they bring the food to them or not 
it is not my province to say; but this I do affirm, that the galleries of Æ 
sanguinea, whenever I have observed plant-lice therein, have always been 
constructed where these little creatures can find an ample supply of 
natural food. It may be probable that the lice are carried to the food; 
but that they are escorted to it by the ants is highly certain, as the slightest 
disposition to stray away by the more roving ones, is instantly checked. 
But on the whole, it cannot be denied that under the rule of their peaceful 
masters—the ants—they lead happy and prosperous lives. 
NOTES MO Ne CO Ee EIC aIeNcGe 
BY W. V. ANDREWS, NEW YORK. 
I can endorse (not necessary of course) Mr. Mead’s “ Notes on 
Collecting,” pub. p. 78, vol. 5 of the “ Entomologist,” with right good 
will, having used similar methods myself for several years. I think I got 
my idea from D. Girard Knaggs. 
