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ground, lose or tear oil" their wings, and are placed in nests by the 

 worker.--, who lend them and their eggs and young. They are no more 

 seen above ground. hu1 can he Ibund l>y examining the contents of an 

 ant-hill. In temperate countries, at least, they die at the approach of 

 winter, after which the nest only contains workers, and the eggs and 

 grubs of the various forms. Ants have been frequently colonised with 

 success in order to utilise them against other insects. The nest and its 

 contents should be placed in a barrel anil transferred to some suitable 

 spot, The disagreeable task can be made more easy by smearing the 

 boots of the labourers, the shafts of the tools used, and the margin of the 

 barrel with grease, oil, or fiv.-h tar. Many tropical species of ants are 

 most injurious, for example, the Parasol ants which cut off and carry 

 away leaves of many trees ; therefore due care must be taken to see 



figures of the male and worker of the l.'arasol ants are given on 

 Plate II. 4a, 4ft, which show sufficiently the differences between these 



6. The Cure of Injured Trees. 



This, though little tried in Honduras, has met v 



n-eat 



skill, both ir 



i observing the 



early stages of 





o try it ou a i 







operation itself. 



It is preferable 







ill it by the 



injection into 





•r Pa 



ris green suspendec 



, but there is a 



in t 





I wounds shoul 



Id be properly 



irc-aiinably are carried down to holes made by the grubs at the base of 

 he spike. It is questionable whether these applications are not more of 

 i prevention than a remedy. 



An Indian native ne-thod of de-iroying them •• i> to hang little bags of 

 ■ salt over the affected parts of the tree. Water is then poured over 

 ' the salt, so thai the brine soaks into the borings and drives out the 

 ' beetle. It is believed that the latter will never return to a tree where 

 • it has bee/i subjected to the above treatment" (35). 



The above quotation from a recent report is intended to refer to 

 he Palm- Weevil. It appears, however, to the writer that the plan is 

 lsed for the Rhinoceros beetle. 



Othei applications said to have met with success in some persons' 



>est, and should be used a- Paris given or London purple, stirred up in 

 rater in the proportion of aboul 1 oz. of Paris green and 2 of flour 



iia ile into a paste, to 10 or 12 gallon-- of water and sprayed into the head 



>e used. Lime deserves a further trial, and nitrate of soda might be 

 .ised. None of the above methods should be tried on a large scale till 

 Iiey are proved to be harmless to the plant Firing the head of the 



- greatly weakened, and a further attack is thereby invited. Perhaps 



