6 o Of ANT S. 
common Ants, and likewife one another in the 
lame Proportion. Thus the Queens and large 
Flies of the Yellow and fmall Black Colonies ex¬ 
ceed the Workers as five or fix do one ; thofe of 
the Red Ants, not at mofi as two do one.Whence 
it is reafonable to fuppofe they had the fame 
Original. 
* 
As an additional Proof it may be proper to 
mention an In fiance that occurred to my Obfer- 
vations. Upon frequent opening of Mole-Hills, 
amongft them I met with three, in each of which 
wasaClufter of large Female Ants, amounting to 
fix or feven in a Clufter. They lay near the Sur¬ 
face, but had no regular Apartment. Upon exami¬ 
ning and comparing them with a Queen, there 
was an exa£t Agreement in Colour, Form, and 
Stru£fure. Upon Diffedtion feveral of them had 
Parcels of Eggs in their Infides. I depofited cne 
of the Clufters in a Box with feme Earth, under 
which they concealed theoifelves, and united to¬ 
gether, but did not work any Lodgment. Some 
Time after, three or four of thefe Females laid a 
few Eggs, but did not feem to take any great 
Notice of them. For Curiofity I placed in the 
Box, a Cell of Workers of the fame Species, and 
it was furprizing to obferve what Fondnefs was 
expref- 
