4 6 Of ANTS. 
You will, after fome Days, when the Vermicle is 
entirely diflolved, find at the other Extremity of 
the Nymph a black Speck which * Sir Edward 
King fuppofes to be a Secretion call: out by the 
Maggot in its Transformation. Perhaps it may 
be only the outward Skin of which the Worm 
diverts itfelf, in changing to a Nymph. For it is 
obfervable that you may difcern fitch Difrobe- 
ments in the Cones of Silk-Worms, and other 
Aurelian Textures. 
There are in a Colony of Ants, three Sorts of 
Nymphs, Male, Female, and Neutral. The 
Male and Neutral have little Difference in Refpedb 
of Size, if they are of the fame Species; but the 
Female Nymphs area great deal larger. Itmuft be 
alfo noted, that their Proportions vary according 
to their refpe&ive Species. The Male and Neu¬ 
tral Aurelia’s of the Hill exceed thofe of the like 
Denomination amongft the other Ants. The Jet 
Nymphs are next to them. The yellow and fmall 
black ones are nearly equal, but lefs than any of 
the above. There is not that Difproportion be¬ 
tween the Female Nymphs of the feveral Colonies 
as might at firft be imagined. The Reafon is, be- 
* Phil. Trarifaft- Lovjtborp's Abridg. Vo l. 2. 
•v * 
p. 7 and 9, &c. 
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