234 SIR JOHK LUBBOCK ON THE HABITS 01" ANTS. 



did not feel at home ; and I accordingly put her back to the other 

 nest, which she at once entered. 



. In the other division the friend was soon nearly cleaned, and 

 the stranger partly so. The friend seemed quite at home. At 

 12.30 the stranger was being dragged about by three ants ; but 

 after this I lost sight of her. 



Nov. 10. At 11.30 put into one of the divisions a friend and a 

 stranger. At 12 the friend was all right, the stranger was being 

 dragged about by an antenna. From this time till 7 p.m. the 

 stranger was continually being dragged about or held a prisoner, 

 while the friend was quite at home. 



Nov. 11. At 10.15 I put into the other division a friend and a 

 stranger. At 11 the friend was quite at home, and the colour 

 with which I had marked her had been almost cleaned off. The 

 stranger, on the contrary, was being dragged about by two of the 

 ants. After this, however, I could not find her. She had, I 

 think, escaped from the nest. 



Nov. 12. I therefore, the following day at 11.80, again put a 

 friend and a stranger into this division of the nest. The friend 

 seemed quite at home. One of the ants at once seized the stranger 

 by an antenna and began dragging her about. I will give this, 

 observation in detail out of my note-book. 



At 11.45. The friend is quite at home with the rest ; the 

 stranger is being dragged about. 



At 12. The friend is all right. Three ants now have hold of 

 the stranger by her legs and an antenna. 



At 12.15, 12.30, 12.45, and at 1 similarly occupied. 



At 1.30 similarly engaged. One now took hold of the friend, 

 but soon seemed to find out her mistake and left go again. 



At 1.45. The friend is all right. The stranger is being attacked. 

 The friend also has been almost cleaned, while on the stranger the 

 colour has been scarcely touched. 



At 2.15. Two ants are licking the friend, while another pair are 

 holding the stranger by her legs. 



At 2.30. The friend is now almost clean; so that I could only 

 just perceive any colour. The stranger, on the contrary, is almost 

 as much .coloured as ever. She is now near the door and, I think, 

 would have come out, but two ants met her and seized her. 



At 3. Two ants are attacking the stranger. The friend was no 

 longer distinguishable from the rest. 

 - At 3.30, 3.40, and .5 engaged as above. 



