232 SIB JOHN LTTBBOOK ON THE HABITS OF ANTS. 



7th Aug. Pat in a stranger and a friend at 8.30 a.m. At 8.45 

 both were being attacked. 9.30 do., 10 do. 



Aug. 8. Put in a friend at 7 a.m. At 8 she seemed quite at 

 home with the others. At 9 they had almost cleaned her. 9.30 

 she seemed quite at home with the others. 10 do. 



12th Aug. Put in a friend and a stranger at 7 p.m. Both were 

 immediately attacked. 7.L5 they were being dragged about. 

 7.45 do, 8 do., 8.15 do. 



13th Aug. Put in a friend at 6.30 a.m. At 7.50 two attacked 

 her. At 8 she was being attacked by one ant, but another was clean- 

 ing her. 8.15 do. 8.45. Two were attacking her, one dragging at 

 her by an antenna. 9 do., 9.30 do., 10 do., 10.30 do. Others 

 had almost entirely cleaned off the paint. 



At 5 P.M. put a friend and a stranger into the other nest. At 

 5.15 the friend seemed quite at home, and had been nearly cleaned ; 

 the stranger was being attacked. 5.30 do., 8.15 do. 7.15. Two 

 of the ants were dragging the stranger out of the nest ; the friend 

 had been quite cleaned. 



14th Aug. At 8.15 A.M. I put an ant from each half of the nest 

 into the other. At 8.80 one was alone in the corner, the other 

 was being attacked. At 9 both were being attacked. 9.30 do., 

 10.30 do. ; 11.30 do., both, however, being almost cleaned. 



Aug. 19. At 8 A.M. I put into each nest one from the other. 

 The one was received amicably and cleaned, so that I lost sight of 

 her. It was clear, however, that she was received in a friendly 

 manner, because no fighting was going on. At 11 I put into the 

 same nest another friend : at 11.30 she was all right, and, being 

 cleaned at 12, T could no longer distinguish her. 



The ant put into the other nest was not so well received. At 

 9.30, 12.30, and 11.30 she was being dragged about, but she was 

 also being cleaned, and after 11.30 1 lost sight of her. 



Aug. 21. At 10.15 I again put into each nest an ant from the 

 other. One was at once cleaned, and I could not find her. I 

 should, however, certainly have seen her if she had been attacked. 



The other was at first attacked by one of the ants ; but this 

 soon ceased, and they began to clean her. By 11.80 she was quite 

 at her ease among the other ants and almost clean. After 12 I 

 could not see her any more. At 1.40 p.m. I again put into each 

 nest an ant from the other, accompanied, however, in both cases 

 by a stranger. The contrast was most marked, and no one who 

 saw it could have doubted that the friends and strangers were re- 



