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SIB J. LUBBOCK ON ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



an intermediate D E, HI, and an outer piece B C, K L, each 

 of these three pieces being capable of separate rotation. 



Fig. 2. 



I then connected the table •with a nest of Lasius niger by a 

 paper bridge A, and also made a paper path across the table, as 

 shown in fig. 2, divided into five pieces corresponding to the divi- 

 sions of the table. This I did because T found that the ants 

 "wandered less if they were provided with a paper road than if tbey 

 walked actually On the wood itself. I then placed a cup con- 

 taining larvae on the table at B, and put an ant on the larva?. 

 She at once picked one up, and, with some little guidance from 



