ll THE CLASSES. 
Golden-legged Beetle . : . Page 19 
Tortoiseshell é . ‘ 3 ‘ 19 
Red es A : < : 47 
Mealy Brown i 7 ; ‘ ‘ 47 
Brown . P . F E ‘i 3 47 
Soldier . x 7 ‘ ‘ , ‘ 48 
Sailor . : . : ‘ j : 58 
Jumper ‘ e : ie e . 61 
Bronze . " 5 i ‘i i F 72 
7tH.—AntT.—The Ant genus, which includes the pismire 
tribes, consists of many species, that live in communities, 
often of immense numbers, and are dispersed over the fields 
and in the woods, in places of their own peculiar choice. A 
portion of each community are annually furnished with 
Wings ; and in the summer season, at their appointed time, 
fly off and leave the colony as bees do their hives, when 
numbers fall on the neighbouring streams and are readily 
nipped up by the fish, The working portion of the com- 
munity have large hawk-like heads, and large oval bodies 
—which are united by two or three comparatively very 
small shoulder joints, to which their legs are attached, but 
those that have wings appear to have but one jumped-up 
shoulder, as thick as their bodies, and united by a small, 
hair-like link; they have two jointed feelers, which they 
make constant use of, and run exceedingly fast. Some 
species have one, and some two pair of thin glassy wings, 
which fall flat over the back and reach beyond the end of 
the body ; the top ones are the length of the ant. Their 
colors vary, shading from black to red and the lightest 
amber. They are brilliant little gems on the top of the 
water, sparkling with short gilded reflections and rich 
transparencies. Descriptions of these two species may suf- 
fice fur the whole ; their most striking difference being but 
in size and shades of the above colors 
Red Ant Fly . - F : - Page 65 
Black Ant Fly ‘ ‘ 4 - 3 67 
On Creepers . 3 s : . Page 103 
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