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

 overcoming extraordinary emergencies, wliich sliow that 



Fig. 305 .— CEcudoma, or Ltaf-cutter Ant of Nicaragua.— After Belt. 



tliey liave sufficient reasoning powers to meet tlie exigencies 

 of tlieir life ; their ordinary acts being instinctive — namely. 



Fig. .366. —Diagram of an ant's nest (CEcodoma), tlie chambers below containing 

 ttie ant food. — After Belt. 



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

 Central and South America (Fig. 365) are famous from 



