448 
TyP 
with sensitive flames, 225 ; as to 
sense organs in antennz, 228 
Typhlopone, absence of eyes in, 11 
LTRA-RED rays, ants not sen- 
sitive to, 206 
Ultra-violet rays, sensitiveness of 
ants to, 201-220 
Uropoda formicaria described, 429 
ARIETIES produced in beetles 
frequenting nests of various 
ants, 77 
Verrall, G. H., Esq., description of 
a new genus of Phoride, 26, 431 
Vespa germamica, experiment 
with, as to communication, 415 
-— vulgaris, experiment as to 
colour with, 316 
Vibrations producing sensations 
of sound and colour, 225 
Violet light, avoidance of, by ants, 
189 
Violets, colours of, 309: seeds of, 
carried into nests by Lasius, 26, 
59 
Viscidity of plants, a defence 
against insects, 55, 56 
Vision among ants, 182; of the 
INDEX. 
WOR 
ocelli, 183; of compound eyes, 
184 ; limits of, 199, 206, 219 
ALKER, Mr., honey ant sent 
from Aastralia by, 48 
Wasps, occasional fertility of 
workers among, 36; sense of 
hearing among, 221; experi- 
ments with, 311, 415; more 
clever than bees in finding their 
way, 313; their courage, 314; 
account of a tame one, 315; 
their colour sense, 316; their 
industry, 421 
Water, ants’ visits prevented by, 
52 
Wesmael, M., describes Myrmeco- 
cystus, 47 
Westwood, Mr., on the production 
of neuters, 22; on the sourd 
produced of Mutilla, 229 
Wirgs of ants, atrophy of, among 
the workers, 12; pulled off after 
flight by the queen ants, 12, 19 
Winter, aphis eggs tended by ants 
through the, 70 
Workers among ants always wing- 
less, 12; varieties of form 
among, 19-22; occasional fer- 
tility of, 35 ; longevity of, 87,88 
