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Coccids or a store of dead dry insects. 'If one is opened and patiently 
watched, it will be seen that the workers draw the leaves together by 
their mandibles and legs, while others, from inside, web them together 
with silk produced from a larva held in the jaws. This is a really 
extraordinary sight and may be seen at any time. 
Acantholepis frauenfeldi , Mayr., var bipartita nest in soil at the foot 
of trees, or in hollows in masonry. They visit Aphids and Coccids, and 
also collect dead insects. Prenolepis lonyicornis, Latr., is widespread in 
the tropics; the nests are under fallen leaves or in decaying tree trunks 
and contain Paussidw. 
Polyrhachis simplex , Mayr.—Nests of this species are found on low 
bushes, high trees, under bamboo sheaths, and on sugar-cane leaves. 
Fig. 134.— Webbing of oecophylla smaragdina on pipal shoot 
ENCLOSING LECANIUM HESPERLDUM. 
