. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. of this book went to the printer, Schimmer has pub-lished a fine account of the genus Myrmecophila, containing many valuableobservations on M. (Beitrag zu einer Monographic der Gryllodeen-gattung Myrmecophila Latr., Zeitschr. f. iviss. Zool., 93, 1909, pp. 409-534, ). He finds that this versatile insect not only feeds, like .17. iichrasccnsis,on the surface secretions of its hosts, but also on liquid food solicited from themdirectly, or stolen, after the manner of Atclura, while it is being disgorged by theants to one anot
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. of this book went to the printer, Schimmer has pub-lished a fine account of the genus Myrmecophila, containing many valuableobservations on M. (Beitrag zu einer Monographic der Gryllodeen-gattung Myrmecophila Latr., Zeitschr. f. iviss. Zool., 93, 1909, pp. 409-534, ). He finds that this versatile insect not only feeds, like .17. iichrasccnsis,on the surface secretions of its hosts, but also on liquid food solicited from themdirectly, or stolen, after the manner of Atclura, while it is being disgorged by theants to one another, or just after it has been placed on the mouths of the cricket also eats dead ant larvse and the insect food brought into the males of M. accrrnntm could be found, and Schimmer gives very goodreasons for regarding the females as permanently parthenogenetic and thely-tocous. The eggs, which are very large ( mm. long and .56 mm. broad) are laidamong the ants eggs and hatch in about six weeks from the time of oviposit PERSECUTED AND TOLERATED GUESTS. 397 cophila. Attapliila, however, is tolerated by the ants without the slightestsigns of hostility. The mutilation of the antennae is probably accidentalor unintentional. In 1901 Bolivar described a second species of Attaphila (A. bcryi),taken many years ago in the nests of Acromyrmex lundi, in Argen-tina and Uruguay. This species is very similar to the Texan formand it, too, seems always to have the antennae mutilated. Accordingto Bolivar, it is found in the nests of the ants, sitting on the back,neck or even on the head of the sexual individuals (never on theneuters), and when these swarm forth during the spring and summer,it is also carried out of the nests, still attached to its host. Sheldonhas recently described from the nest of a South American wasp (Polybiapygnicca) a peculiar Blattid (Sphe cophila polybiarum) which super-ficially resembles Attaphila in many particulars. Another strigilating syn
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