. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. e,however, make a hole with irregular edges and of a much smaller size. THE POXERIXE AXTS. 239 The insect, after periods of struggling, alternating with periods ofrest, succeeds in getting first one antenna, then the other, and then thefore legs through the orifice, and finally, with considerable effort, creepsout. After making this observation on isolated cocoons I had anopportunity of making it in the artificial nests. In these the hatching-cocoons were often carried about and placed on or under the stack ofother cocoons, while the callows,
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. e,however, make a hole with irregular edges and of a much smaller size. THE POXERIXE AXTS. 239 The insect, after periods of struggling, alternating with periods ofrest, succeeds in getting first one antenna, then the other, and then thefore legs through the orifice, and finally, with considerable effort, creepsout. After making this observation on isolated cocoons I had anopportunity of making it in the artificial nests. In these the hatching-cocoons were often carried about and placed on or under the stack ofother cocoons, while the callows, struggling to emerge, seemed to holdout their antennae and fore legs in a supplicating attitude to the com-pletely indifferent workers. In a few instances the callows died whilehalfway out of the cocoons and were carried to the refuse-heap in thiscondition. Occasionally, when the young callows had emerged withtheir hind legs still enswathed and encumbered by the white pupal skin,the workers would pull this away. They also occasionally licked anil.
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