O/ANTS. .45: 
Nymphs the Beginning of May^ but they con¬ 
tinue changing through all that Months and by 
the latter End you will difcover few of this Sort 
in a Colony. The Male do not finifli their Tranf- 
mutation ’till June ; and abundance of the Neu¬ 
tral Vermicles may be feen in Augujl . It mull: be 
remembred, in the feveral Proceffes of Ant-Eggs, 
Vermicles, and Nymphs, to make Allowances 
for the Warmth of the Seafon, and Pofition of 
the Settlement, 
By frequent Difle&ions of Ant Nymphs, you 
may form feme Idea of their Nature and Prog refs. 
After the Maggot has compleated its Texture, 
and is perfectly furrounded with a fine Silken Co¬ 
vering, it gradually difTolves into a liquid tenaci¬ 
ous Humour, in the midft of which is a final? 
Purple or black Confiftence, that contains or gives 
Life to the future Ant. This Humour becomes the 
Aliment of the little Embryo, which refides in 
this clofe Imprifonment a confiderable Time-, 
You will perceive this Liquid to diminifh in Pro- 
portion to the Growth of the Ant, which is not 
diflimilar to the Progrefs of an Embryo nourifhed 
in an Egg. 
The Aurelia of an Ant is oblong, and feme-, 
what larger at that End which inclofes the Head. 
