. Ants, bees, and wasps. A record of observations on the habits of the social Hymenoptera . let light, avoidance of, by ants, 189Violets, colours of, 309; seeds of, carried into nests by Lasius, 26, 59Viscidity of plants, a defence against insects, 55, 56Vi«ion among ants, 182; of the WOR ocelli, 183 j of compound eyes,184 ; limits of, 199, 206, 219 WALKER, Mr., honey ant sentfrom Aastralia by, 48 Wasps, occasional fertility ofworkers among, 36; sense ofhearing among, 221; experi-ments with, 311, 415; moreclever than bees in finding theirway, 313; their courage, 314;account of a tame one, 315;

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. Ants, bees, and wasps. A record of observations on the habits of the social Hymenoptera . let light, avoidance of, by ants, 189Violets, colours of, 309; seeds of, carried into nests by Lasius, 26, 59Viscidity of plants, a defence against insects, 55, 56Vi«ion among ants, 182; of the WOR ocelli, 183 j of compound eyes,184 ; limits of, 199, 206, 219 WALKER, Mr., honey ant sentfrom Aastralia by, 48 Wasps, occasional fertility ofworkers among, 36; sense ofhearing among, 221; experi-ments with, 311, 415; moreclever than bees in finding theirway, 313; their courage, 314;account of a tame one, 315;their colour sense, 316; theirindustry, 421 Water, ants visits prevented by,52 Wesmael, M., describes Myrmeco*cystus, 47 Westwood, Mr., on the productionof neuters, 22; on the soundproduced of Mutilla, 229 Wings of ants, atrophy of, amongthe workers, 12; pulled off afterflight by the queen ants, 12, 19 Winter, aphis eggs tended by antsthrough the, 70 Workers among ants always wing-less, 12; varieties of formamong, 19-22; occasional fer-tility of, 35 ; longevity of, 87* 88 (24) Plate 1. Atta barbara $ major. 3. Pheidole megacephala 9 major. 2. minor. 4. minor. 5. Formica rufa. Plate 3.

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