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PART I.—HARVESTING ANTS.

Ælian on harvesting ants, 7-9.

Aldrovandus, radicle of seed gnawed by ants, 9.

Algiers, harvesters observed in, 52.

Aphides and cocci not sought by harvesting ants, 48.

barbara, 15, &c.; barbara var., 16, 31, 63; barbata, 12; cephalotes, 13; diffusa, 12 (note), 65; megacephala, 16, working at night, 49; providens, 12 (note), 65; rufa, 12 (note), 64; structor, 16, 29, 63, working at night, 49.

Battles of ants between different colonies of the same species, 37, 40; with caterpillar, 41.

Capri, harvesting ants at, 68.

Captive ants, 42-49.

scutellaris, 62; sordidulus, 63.

Dispersal of seeds by means of ants, 4, 21, 53, 55.

Distribution of harvesting ants, 52, 57, 59.

Enemies of the ants, 56.

cruentata, 37, 61; cursor, 62; emarginata, 61, working at night, 49; erratica, 37, 62; fusca, 51, 61; marginata, 62; nigra 5 (note); nigerrima, 52; viatica, 52.

Galls found in ants' nests, 36.

Germination of seeds arrested by ants, 20, 25, 26, 40; this fact mentioned by Aldrovandus, 9.

Granaries, structure of, 22, 23, 31, 32, 49, 54; position of, 31; contents of, 27; time required to construct, 45.

Insects inhabiting ants' nests, 35, 36, 56.

Jerdon (Dr.) on harvesting ants in India, 12, 64, 65.