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stallfoUythat the soft little creatures «e never hurt 1 Whether 

 they feel reeponsible for their chargee or not, nothing could exceed 

 tne faithfnlneBs of their care. 



Our epeoimena are chieay the common wingleaa form8.-workem 

 (Fig. 3) and soldiere (Pig. 4). Placing these two kinds side by 

 Bide, these observations will be made : — 



Fig- 2- Fig. 3. 



The ant has no wings. Some of the ants have enor- 

 mous heads. The head looks nearly as large as the 

 abdomen. The thorax is very long and narrow. I can 

 see the three rings of the thorax and a pair of legs on 

 each ring. The abdomen can be curled up under the 

 thorax. The jaws are very large. Two of the ants are 

 all snarled up together ; they have caught hold of ewih 

 other's legs with their jaws, and it is almost impossible to 

 pull them apart. Some of them are larger than the 

 others, with longer bodies, larger heads, and stronger 

 jaws. 



As is shown by the figures, the soldiers are the larger forms. 

 Their mandibles are enormously developed for use as weapons. 

 Though the jaws of the workers are smaller, they are very strong, 

 the ants carrying with them objects even larger than themselves 

 for considerable distances. 



Careful examination of the stem, or peduncle, joining the thorax 



