...just as the human infant would perish if neglected. ' It is very pretty,' Sir John Lubbock says, ' to see the older ants helping them to extricate themselves,...carefully unfolding their legs, and smoothing out the wings with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy.'1 Of the insects thus developed the males and...

...they remind one of a school divided into five or six classes. When full grown they turn into pupse, sometimes naked, sometimes covered with a silken cocoon,...themselves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. Under ordinary circumstances an ants' nest,...

...pupae, sometimes naked, sometimes covered with a silken cocoon, constituting the so-called "ant eggs." After remaining some days in this state, they emerge...not assisted, and it is very pretty to see the older dfhts helping them to extricate themselves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the wings,...

...very often sorted according to age. It is sometimes very curious in my nests to see them divided into groups according to size, so that they remind one...themselves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. Under ordinary circumstances an ants' nest,...

...very often sorted according to age. It is sometimes very curious in my nests to see them divided into groups according to size, so that they remind one...themselves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. Under ordinary circumstances an ants' nest,...

...emerge as perfect insects. In many cases, however, they would porish in the attempt, if they were nut assisted ; and it is very pretty to see the older...extricate themselves, carefully unfolding their legs aud smoothing out the wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. Under ordinary circumstances...

...pupae, sometimes naked, sometimes covered with a silken cocoon, constituting the so-called ' ant eggs.' After remaining some days in this state they emerge...and smoothing out their wings with truly feminine tendings and delicacy."* Ants, in many cases, in their constitutional arrangement, do not view the...

...naked. The reason for this difference is still quite unknown. After remaining some days in the pupa state they emerge as perfect insects. In many cases,...wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. 5. In the case of ants, as with other insects which pass through similar metamorphoses — such as...

...spin a cocoon, and sometimes remain naked. The reason for .this difference is still quite unknown. After remaining some days in this state they emerge...themselves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the wings, with truly feminine tenderness and delicacy. Our countryman Gould ' was the first to observe,...

...sometimes spin a cocoon, and sometimes remain naked. The reason for this difference is still quite unknown. After remaining some days in this state they emerge...pretty to see the older ants helping them to extricate them1 Les Fovrniis de la Suisie, p. 420. selves, carefully unfolding their legs and smoothing out the...