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INDEX. 



Lespii, M., on eggs laid by work- 

 ers, 35 ; on grain stored by ants, 

 61 ; on the feeding of Lome- 

 chusa by ants, 76 ; on the 

 domestic arimals of ants, 90 



Leuckart, his experiments on ant- 

 intelligence, 238 



Life, duration of, among ants, 8 



Mght, dislike of ants to, 2, 186 ; 

 as aid to sense of direction 

 bmong ants, 268 ; bees attra<:ted 

 by, 284 



Lignrian qneen bee, introduction 

 of a, 287 



Limits of vision with anta, experi- 

 ments as to, 199-206 ; in Daph- 

 nia, 219 



Lincecum, Dr., as to Texan har- 

 vesting ants, 62 



Linnsus quoted as to aphides, 67 



Locust, ants apparently deceived 

 by a leaf-like, 66 



Lomeolmta fed by ants, 76 



Long, Col., as to the sense of 

 hearing among certain ants, 226 



Longevity of workers of Lasivs 

 niger, 88, 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 



Lyoana pseudargiolun, ants seen 

 licking the larva of, 68 



MCCOOK, Mr., quoted as to 

 the adoption of a queen by 

 Orematogaster, 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 in.sects kept 

 by F. rufa, 74 



Maiinonides as to the ownership of 

 ant-stores of grain, 69 



Ualea only produced by eggs laid 

 oy workers among bees, wasps, 

 and ants, 36, 37 ; of Aiiergates 



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wingless, 86 ; of Tom/ignath%,i 

 wingless, 87 note 



Mandibles of ants, 1 1 ; pointed iF 

 Polyergui. 18 ; but toothlesf 

 82 ; sabre-like in 8. Hnberi, 84 



Marking ants, bees, and waspt 

 methods of, 6 



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 Insects,' 

 quoted, .30 



Mexico, honey-pot ants in, 19, 47 



Michael, Mr., description of Uro- 

 poda bys 429 



Microphone, experiment with, 225 



Mimicry, protective, instances of, 

 66 



Mischna, rules in, respecting ant- 

 hoards of grain, 59 



Mites, ants infested by, 26, 98; 

 new species in nests of Laiini 

 Jtama, 429 



Mocquerys, M., on the tenacity ol 

 the bite of the ant, 96 



Moggridge, 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- 

 Tiger, 76 ; on the mosaic theory 

 of vision, 184; on the colon; 

 sense in bees, 307 ; on blue 

 flowers, 310 



Mushrooms grown by ants, 67 



Myrmecina Latreillii, the eye in. 

 11 ; their mode of defence, 16 j 

 said to be phlegmatic in disposi 

 tion, 27 



