SIR JOHN LtrBBOCK O^ ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



453 



No. 1. 

 6.10 

 6.21 

 6.36 



6.44 

 6.52 



7. 1 



7.11 



7.40 

 7.49 



8. 5 

 8.13 

 8.25 

 8.31 

 8.39 

 8.44 



No. 2. 



6.42 



7. 1 

 7. 8 



7,12 



7.22 



.7.29 



7.:f5 



7..54 



.30 a strange ant 

 found the larvae. 



Thus, during this period these two ants carried off respectively 

 62 and 67 larvse; 10 strangers found the larvas, half of them 

 exactly coming to the lot visited by the : nts under observation. 



Again. Sept. 27, at 3.55 p.m., I put a F. nigra to some larvse of M 

 flava. She returned as follows : — 



4. 3 

 4.11 

 4.21 

 4.25 



4.28 

 4.31 

 4.37 

 4.40 

 4.44 

 4.48 



4.52 



4.56 



3 



5. 5 



5.10 



5.14 



5.18 



5.23 



5.29 



3.40 



