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.
Atta 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.
Crematogaster 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.
Formica 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.
