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put them in at 11.15 a.m. Looked at the usual intervals, but saw 

 no fighting. The next morning there was no dead one outside the 

 nest ; but I subsequently found one of these ants outside, and 

 nearly dead. I am, however, disposed to think that I had acci- 

 dentally injured this ant. 



Dec. 23. Painted three, and put them in at 10 a.m. At 11 

 they were all right, 12 do., 1 do., 2 do., 8 do., 4 do., 5 do. At 3 

 I put in three strangers for comparison : two of them were soon 

 attacked ; the other hid herself in a corner. The next morning I 

 found two ants outside the nest ; and they were two of the stran- 

 gers. On the 81st I found the third stranger dead outside the 

 nest. Pound no other dead ant for some days. 



Dec. 29. Painted three more of the ants from the pupae sepa- 

 rated on the 1st Oct., and put them in at 10.30 a.m. At 11 they 

 were all right, 12 do., 1 do., 2 do. During the afternoon they 

 were once or twice attacked for a minute or two, but let go again 

 almost directly. The next morning I found one dead ant, but 

 had no reason to suppose that she was one of the above three. 

 The following morning there was again only one dead ant outside 

 the nest ; she was the third of the strangers put in on the 23rd 

 as mentioned above. Up to the 23rd Jan. found no other dead 

 one. 



Jan. 3, 1879. Painted three more and put them in at 11.30 a.m. 

 At 12 two were all right .- we could not see the third ; but no ant 

 was being attacked. 12 do. 1, all three are aU right ; 2, do. ; 

 5 do. 



As already mentioned, for some days there was no dead ant 

 brought out of the nest. 



Jan. 5. Painted three more and put them in at 11.30 a.m. At 

 12 two were all right among the others ; I could not find the third ; 

 but no ant was being attacked. 12.30 do., 1 do., 2 do., 4. do. 



Jan. 6. Found two of them all right among the others. There 

 was no dead ant. 



Jan. 13. Painted three more and put them in at 12.30. At 1 

 they were all right. 2 do. 4, two were all right ; I could not 

 see the third, but she was not being attacked. The next morning, 

 when I looked at the nest, one was being just carried, not 

 dragged, out. The ant carried her about 6 inches and then put 

 her down, apparently quite unhurt. She soon returned into the 

 nest and seemed to be quite amicably received by the rest. 

 Another one of the three also seemed quite at home. The third 



