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of a fuperior Female, he gave way to the old Opi¬ 
nion, that thefmall Ants were of this Sex, and fup- 
plied the Colony with Young. After a juft De« 
fcription of the Sperm or Eggs (which is entirely 
anfwerable to what the Queen lays) he is pleafed 
to obferve, that he found that Subftance in the 
common Ants, and gives the more Credit to it s 
becaufe of the great Care and Tendernefs where¬ 
with they treat it ; but this Occurrence is alfo 
to be met with in the Conftitution of Bees, and 
therefore is no ways conclufive. I have all Times 
of the Year obferved the common Ants, and 
could never difcern any Alteration in their Bodies, 
but what was occafioned by Food, or fome Acci¬ 
dent. They never appear to have any true Sperm, 
or to lay anyEggs.The only Refemblance of it, is 
perhaps the little Bag of corroding Liquor, which 
is the fame in all Ants, and in moft Times of 
the Year without Exception. Or it may be fome 
of the Vifcera, which often look white and vif- 
cous. Such, I flatter myfelf, is the imaginary 
Sperm of the above Virtuofo. If you difturb a 
Clutter or a Angle Ant of the Yellow or fmall 
Black Species, they are often won't to eje<ft their 
Venom, and, in the Heat of Rage, will fometimes 
pufli out the Bag, but will foon retraffc it. This 
2 . may 
