. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. aphicls and of the various castes to one another and correctlyinterpreted the origin of colonies. Since the publication of Hubers work the habits of ants have beenstudied by an ever increasing number of investigators. The most com-prehensive contributions have been made by Forel and Emery, butimportant work has been done by Adlerz, Ernest Andre, Bates, Belt,Bethe, Brauns, von Buttel Reepen, Ebrard, Escherich, Goeldi, Huber, von Ihering, Janet, Karawaiew, Lameere, Lespes, , Moggridge, Reichenbach, Renter, Rothney, Santschi,
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. aphicls and of the various castes to one another and correctlyinterpreted the origin of colonies. Since the publication of Hubers work the habits of ants have beenstudied by an ever increasing number of investigators. The most com-prehensive contributions have been made by Forel and Emery, butimportant work has been done by Adlerz, Ernest Andre, Bates, Belt,Bethe, Brauns, von Buttel Reepen, Ebrard, Escherich, Goeldi, Huber, von Ihering, Janet, Karawaiew, Lameere, Lespes, , Moggridge, Reichenbach, Renter, Rothney, Santschi, Syke>. 128 ANTS. Tanner, Trimen, Ilc, Iricli, Viehmeyer, \Vasmann, Wrougliton, andYung, and in the Inited States by lUickley, Miss Fielde, Leidy,Lincecum, Mclook. Iricer, Mrs. Treat and Turner. The study of myrmecophily, or the relations of the numerousquests and parasites to the ants, and of the plants frequented byants, has developed into a very interesting and important branchof ethology which must be mentioned in this connection. An extra-. FIG. 72. Species of Macroiuischa. (Original.) A and B, Worker of M. isabell<e ofPorto Rico ; C and D, worker of M. albisphia of Culebra. ordinary number of articles has been published on animal myrme-cophily, especially by Wasmann, who since 1886 has devoted himselfto this subject with great ardor, and has brought to light many curiousfacts which have a bearing not only on the ethology of ants but of THE HISTORY OF MYRMECOLOGY. 129 many other groups of insects. Other students of this subject areCasey, Donisthorpe, Escherich, von Hagens, Kraatz, Lespes, GeorgeLewis, Lichtenstein, Lucas, RafYray, Renter, de Saulcey, Joli. Schmidt,Sharp, Trimen, Yiehmeyer, and in the United States Cockerell, Brues,Hamilton, Haldemann, King, Schwarz and Wickham. The relationof plants to ants has been studied by many botanists, notably by Del-pino, lluth, Holmgren, A. Moeller, Fritz Mueller, Schimper, Trenb,von Ihering, Rettig and Ule. Although the hist
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