STR JOHN LUBBOCK ON BEES, WASPS, AND ANTS. 247 



8.55 she came to cup 1 then to cup 3 and took a larva, 

 q 19 



9.30 „ 3 „ „ 



9-52 ,, „ „ „ 



10.14 „ 1 



10.2d she went and examined cup 2, then to cup 3 aud took 

 a larva. 

 At 10.45 she came to cup 3, and I went to bed. At 7 o'clock 

 the next morning the larva; were all removed. In watching this 

 ant I was much struck by the difficulty she seemed to experience 

 in finding her way. She Avaudered about at times most irreso- 

 lutely, and, instead of coming straight across from the door of the 

 frame to the cujds, kept along the side of the box ; so that in 

 coming to cup 3 she went twice as far as she need have done. 

 Again, it is remarkable that she should have kept on visiting 

 the empty cups time after time. I watched for this ant care- 

 fully on the following day ; but she did not come out at all. 



During the time she was under observation, from 1 till 10.45, 

 though there were always ants roaming about, few climbed up the 

 walls of the cups. Five, found their way into the (empty) cup 

 1 and one only to cup 3. It is clear, therefore, that the ant 

 under observation did not communicate her discovery of larvae 

 to her friends. 



The following day I watched again, having, at 7 a.m., put larvae 

 into one of the porcelain cups arranged as before. No ants found 

 them for several hours. 



At 11.37 one came and took a larva. 

 „ 11 .50 she returned and took a larva. 

 „ 11.59 she returned „ 

 „ 12. 9 ,, „ 



„ 12.16 „ „ 



12 21 

 „ 12.26 



„ 12.32 „ „ 



„ 12.37 

 ,, 12.41 

 „ 12.45 

 „ 12.50 

 „ 12.57 



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