444 
LES 
Lespés, M., on eggs laid by work- 
ers, 35; on grain stored by ants, 
61; on the feeding of Zome- 
chusa by ants, 76; on the 
domestic arimals of ants, 90 
Leuckart, his experiments on ant- 
intelligence, 238 
Life, duration of, among ants, 8 
Light, dislike of ants to, 2, 186; 
as aid to sense of direction 
among ants, 268 ; bees attracted 
by, 284 
Ligurian queen bee, introduction 
of a, 287° 
Limits of vision with ants, experi- 
ments as to, 199-206; in Daph- 
nia, 219 
Lincecum, Dr., as to Texan har- 
vesting ants, 62 
Linnzeus quoted as to aphides, 67 
Locust, ants apparently deceived 
by a leaf-like, 66 
Lamechusa fed by ants, 76 
Long, Col., as to the sense of 
hearing among certain ants, 226 
Longevity of workers of Lasius 
niger, 38, 42; of queen ants, 9, 40 
Lowne, Mr., quoted as to the func- 
tions of ocelli, 183 
Lund, M., quoted as to the intel- 
ligence of ants, 236 
Lycena pseudargiolus, ants seen 
licking the larva of, 68 
CCOOK, Mr., quoted as to 
the adoption of a queen by 
Crematogaster, 34; as to honey- 
ants, 48; as to the grain-fields 
of the Texan harvesting ant, 62 ; 
as to ants licking the larva of a 
butterfly, 68; on recognition by 
smell among ants, 127 
Markel quoted as to insects kept 
by F. rufa, 74 
Maimonides as to the ownership of 
ant-stores of grain, 59 
Males only produced by eggs laid 
by workers among bees, wasps, 
and ants, 36, 37; of Anergates 
INDEX. 
MYR 
wingless, 86; of Zomognathus 
wingless, 87 note 
Mandibles of ants, 11; pointed in 
Polyerqus. 18; but toothless, 
82; sabre-like in S. Huberi, 84 
Marking ants, bees, and wasps, 
methods of, 5 
Meer Hassan Ali, as to harvesting 
ants, 60 
Mental powers of ants differ from 
those of men in degree rather 
than in kind, 181 
Metamorphoses undergone by in- 
sects, 8 
‘Metamorphoses of 
quoted, 30 
Mexico, honey-pot ants in, 19, 47 
Michael, Mr., description of Uio- 
poda by, 429 
Microphone, experiment with, 225 
Mimicry, protective, instances of, 
66 : 
’ 
Insects, 
Mischna, rules in, respecting ant- 
hoards of grain, 59 
Mites, ants infested by, 26, 98; 
new species in nests of Lasius 
flavus, 429 
Mocquerys, M., on the tenacity of 
the hite of the ant, 96 
Mogeridge, Mr. +) on harvesting 
ants, 61- 
Morality among ants, question as 
to, 93; among bees, 285 
Mosaic theory of the vision of com- 
pound eyes, 184 
Moseley, Mr. H. N., quoted as to 
the connection between ants 
and certain epiphytes, 58 
Mouth of ant described, 11 
Miiller, his observations on Cla- 
viger, 76; on the mosaic theory 
of vision, 184; on the colour 
sense in bees, 307; on blue 
flowers, 310 
Mushrooms grown by ants, 57 
Myrmecina Latreillii, the eye in, 
11; their mode of defence, 16; 
said to be phlegmatic in disposi 
tion, 27 
