From a sketch by ^Messrs. A. L,. Melander and C. T. Biaies 



NEST DIAGRAM oP the; te;xan leaf-cutting ant (Atta texana). 



The large chambers, with sponge-like fungus gardens on their floors, are situated in a 

 stratum of sand under layers of red and blue clay and several feet below the surface, on 

 which the nest craters have their openings (see text, pages "72)7 and 738). 



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