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EDNESDAY, JULY 7, 19 



COMELL SCIENTISTS 

 PLAN AN ANT SA FARI 



ITHACA, N. Y.~The study of 

 ants may lead to the discovery 

 of little -known principles of 

 evolution affecting all living 

 things, according to a Cornell 

 ^ University entomologist. 



The entomologist, Prof. Wil- 

 liam L. Brown Jr. of the New 

 York State College of Agricul- 

 ture, will comb the rugged trop- 

 ical forests of Mexico this sum- 

 mer on an ant-study expedition. 



He will lead a 40-day, 5,000- 

 mile expedition to study the in- 

 sects, collect samples, classify 

 them and bring back live colo- 

 nies to Cornell for further 

 study. Unlike birds and many 

 other creatures, ants can be 

 found and handled easily, and 

 central Mexico has never been 

 explored extensively for this 

 purpose. 



Professor Brown hopes to find 

 out where ants might fit into a 

 theory that evolution takes 

 ! place in tropical areas first, 

 ! then spreads out to other areas. 

 Tropical areas are a major evo- 

 lutionary center for ants. 



He also hopes to gather clues 

 as to why a group, such as ants, 

 can become so dominant in the 

 tropics. 



"Classification of ants is an 

 urgent problem," Professor 

 Brown said recently. **It's criti- 

 1 cally important to obtain eco- 

 I logical data on ants, and we are 

 j now equipped to do the job." 



With ultraviolet black lamp 

 traps and other equipment for 

 day and night searching. Pro- 

 fessor Brown will collect ants in 

 various stages of develpment. 

 He will gather rare species, ob- 

 serve feeding and nesting hab- 

 its, map nests, and take color 

 photographs of the insects. 



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