ILLUSTRATION OF THE GARDENS oE A EUNGUS-GROWING ANT (Trachymyrme.v obscurior) 



OE THE SOUTHERN STATES 



The figure shows near the surface the small original chamber formed by the queen, five 

 chambers, with pendent fungus gardens, and a newly excavated chamber, in which the garden 

 has not yet been started (see text; pages 737 and 738). 



750 



