INDEX. 



ABD 



t BDOMEN of ant described, 10, 

 f\. 13 ; of tlie Mftxican honey 



(int, 19, 47 

 icucia with hollow thorns in- 

 habited by ants, o7 

 Affection less powerful than 



hatred among ants, 106 ; absence 



of, among bees, 286 

 Agricultural ants, 61 , 92 

 Aldrovandus quoted as to ants, 61 

 Amazon ants, see Polyergus ru- 



/egcens 

 Amber, an intermediate form of 



ant preserved in, 68 

 Analogies between ant societies 



and human, 91 

 Andrfi quoted as to Platya/rth/riis, 



75 ; as to the slaves of F. ma- 



gtiinea, 80 

 A itergates, 85 ; no workers among 



them, 86 : degraded condition 



of, 89 

 Animal food, queens hatched in 



an aitificial nest supplied with, 



40 

 d 'tf/ni'cvm sesijvijiedale, length of 



flowers of, 52 

 Anomvia arcfim, the Driver ant, 



described, 20, 63 ; their blind- 

 ness, 65 

 Aats, thiee families of, 1 ; four 



periotls 1 f life In, 65 duration of 



fcfe among, 8, 38, 40 ; structure 



APH 



of, 10 ; dilferent classes of indi- 

 viduals among, 18 ; commnnitiea 

 of, 24 ; games of, 28 ; their rela- 

 tion to plants, SO; often insecti- 

 vorous, 59 ; their relations to 

 other animals generally hostile, 

 63 ; their enemies, 26, 67 ; their 

 domestic animals, 67-78 ; pro- 

 gress among, 90 ; their beha- 

 viour towards each other, 94, 

 &c. ; mental powers of, 181 ; 

 tl eir sense of vision, 11, 182- 

 220, 258; of smell, 127, 238, 

 258 ; of hearing, 221, 226 ; stri- 

 dulating apparatus among, 230 

 their intelligence, 230 



'Ant eggs,' 7 



' Ant-rice,' 61 



Antenna of ant described, 10 j 

 sense organ in terminal portion 

 of, illustrated, 227 



Antennse as means of communica 

 tion among ants, 163 ; as organs 

 of hearing/ 221, 226; of smell, 

 94, 234 



Antirrhinum fertilised by humble 

 bees, 54 



Aphides made use of by ants, 25, 

 67 ; different species of, utilised 

 by different ants, 68 ; theii 

 honey, 69 ; theii eggs tended by 

 ants, 70 ; not aomesticated b> 

 F.fusca, 91 



