362 ZOOLOGY. 
time, are patterns of industry, and exhibit a readiness in 
overcoming extraordinary emergencies, which show that 
Fig. 360.—Cicodoma, or Leaf-cutter Ant of Nicaragua.—After Belt. 
they have sufficient reasoning powers to meet the exigencies 
of their life ; their ordinary acts being instinctive—namely, 
Fig. 361.—Diagram of an ant’s nest (GEcodoma), the chambers below containing 
the ant food.—After Belt. 
the results of inherited habits. The leaf-cutter ants of 
Central and South America (Fig. 360) are famous from 
