. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. JM§)TI£5 ⢠HE world of Insect Life in Australasia is as â redundant with oddities and anomalies as any of the more highly organised animal classes. The remarkable fabrications of the White Ants, Termites, have already furnished the material for a separate Chapter. As much, or more, might be written concerning the true Ants, or Formicidae, which in Australia are conspicuous, not only for their numbers, but also with regard to their size. Several species, indeed, such as the colonially familiar "Bull-dog" and "Inchmen"
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. JM§)TI£5 ⢠HE world of Insect Life in Australasia is as â redundant with oddities and anomalies as any of the more highly organised animal classes. The remarkable fabrications of the White Ants, Termites, have already furnished the material for a separate Chapter. As much, or more, might be written concerning the true Ants, or Formicidae, which in Australia are conspicuous, not only for their numbers, but also with regard to their size. Several species, indeed, such as the colonially familiar "Bull-dog" and "Inchmen" Ants, equal or even exceed in dimensions the unit of measurement from which, in the latter instance, they take their designation. The ants, however, which above all others appeared to the writer to present the strongest claims for recognition and immortalisation are the so-called Green Ants, Formica viridis, with which it may be safely anticipated every explorer of the North Queensland " bush" is familiar. In the Green Ant country, all the low trees and shrubs, which. " BVTTERFLY IIIKTHDAYS," p. 257. W. Saville-Kent, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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