166 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vor. XXXV. 
The males of Æ. schmitti, after living in good condition in the 
artificial nest for a few days, began to die off, at first a few each 
day, then more, till by the evening of October 22, nine days after 
their capture, they were all dead. During this period, how- 
ever, it was possible to make a few observations on their habits. 
ns. &, E. harrisi; b, E. schmitti; c, E. cocum ; 
Fic. 2. — Heads of male ecito 
d, E. harrisi, var.; e, E. opacithorax. 
In his former paper the senior author recorded the fact that 
the odor of the workers of E. schmitti, like that of other 
Species of the genus, is rank and disagreeable, whereas the 
odor of the queens is mild and pleasant. 
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" The peculiar odor of Eciton workers was noticed by Sumichrast (Notes on 
e Habits of Certain Species of Mexican Hymenoptera, etc. Note 1, On the 
