spherical granular balls, and these <yraduallv became obs,- 

 apparently diffused among the granular contents of the 

 "f tiie A. Umax. At one moment the five granular hall; 

 from the A. verrucosa appeared to he contained in three 

 and the A. Umax had a more contracted and radiate f 

 then measured ^ mm. in diameter. 



The observation, from the time of the seizure of the j 

 c "f" '"> it> ■ ; _ ,- v anions the granula 



of the entosarc of the A. Umax, occupied seven hours. 



From naked Amoeba?, the test-protected Rhizopodfl 

 doubt evolved, and it is a curious sitrht to observe tin 

 Wed, home and all. to be digested out of their home, ju 



contents of diatomes a 

 ; the c 



: we might do a piece i 



5. Habits <>/ .Fnrm/Wf riffa.—Mr. .McCook, speaking ,,f the 

 habits of Fomih <i n/fa, -tat', d that the ants d. scendiny. tl e tree- 

 ith abdomens swollen with honey dew (called by him 

 -re arrested at the foot of the trees bv workers from 

 the hdl seeking food. Galleries communi tin- witl tin lull, 

 t these points, around an ante were 



hawiiui or bestowing rations of honey-dew. 

 ^nilar commi^ary stations wore found under the stones near by. 

 ■I he replete reared upon her hind legs, and placed her mouth to 

 the mouth of the pensioner, who assumed the same rampant pos- 

 ture. Frequently two, sometimes three pensioners were thus led 

 at once by one replete. Appi— ♦'- <»"> workers em-awd in 

 bnilding at the hill a 

 ln g places to obtain ordinary 

 queens, males, and young ants receive 

 »om the abdomens of repletes. The 

 the honey-dew complacently, but 



^'-'l ] <}' the pensioners. o-.-asion:dlv with -rear vigor. 

 . A number of experiments were described leading to the conclu- 



• ,d countless inTl- 



l }°"* of creature.. I,,-. ,, n e„ hills widely separated always 

 jiaternized (-,,!,;. ] A number of ants col- 



,e( "tyd from van 



0u sly building galh-rie> and cat-in- for the cocoons. 

 It was found that ants inmn-r* d in water when replaced upon 



d galleries had tin 



