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time, are patterns of industry, and exhibit a readiness in 

 OTercoming extraordinary emergencies, which show that 



Fig. 360.— (Ecodoma, or Leaf -cutter Ant of Nicaragaa.— After Belt. 



they have sufficient reasoning powers to meet the exigencies 

 of their life ; their ordinary acts being instinctiye — namely, 



Kg. 361 Diagram of an ant's nest (CEcodoma), the chambers below containing 



the ant food.— After Belt. 



the results of inherited habits. The leaf-cutter ants of 

 Central and South America (Pig. 360) are famous from 



