. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. FIG. 149. Castes of Lcptanilla. a. L. niinuscnla. male; b. head: c, copulatoryorgans of same. (Santschi.) d, L. rcielieri, dichthadiiform female, dorsal view; c,same in profile: /, worker. (Emery.) Alimentary substances the soldados hold in no esteem, and they disdaineven sugary things, to which the ants in general are so partial. Deadinsects even do not seem to invite their covetousness. It has oftenhappened to me to be obliged to abandon my abode, without havingtime to carry away my collection, to which they have never done theleast injury.
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. FIG. 149. Castes of Lcptanilla. a. L. niinuscnla. male; b. head: c, copulatoryorgans of same. (Santschi.) d, L. rcielieri, dichthadiiform female, dorsal view; c,same in profile: /, worker. (Emery.) Alimentary substances the soldados hold in no esteem, and they disdaineven sugary things, to which the ants in general are so partial. Deadinsects even do not seem to invite their covetousness. It has oftenhappened to me to be obliged to abandon my abode, without havingtime to carry away my collection, to which they have never done theleast injury. The trouble occasioned by these insects in enteringhouses is more than compensated by the expeditious manner in whichthey purge them of vermin, and in this view their visit is an actualbenefit. THE DRIVER AXD LEGIOXARY AXTS. 263 Bates appears to have been the first to observe the habits of thehypogaeic E. ccrcum. The armies of this ant move wholly undercovered roads, the ants constructing them gradually but rapidly asthey advance. The column of f
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