F, rufa and F, sanguinea take in lodgers — Distinct species found
in the nests of other ants also — The jet ant both carpenter
and wood-carver ; sometimes a miner — The garden ant dis-
covered to be a wood-carver — The author also discovers
F, umbrata (Z. umbratus) as wood-carver and carpenter —
The plasterer and tent-maker from Sierra Leone — The
umbrella ant — The thorn-nests of Fseudomyrma modesta from
Panama — The • bull-dog * ants in South Australia — The
driver ant of Africa ... ... ... ... ... 206

CHAPTER XIX.
The white ants of tropical climes — ^The four classes found in the
colony of the white ants described — The destructiveness of
the white ants — How the true ant as well as the * white ant *
becomes a blessing in the tropics — The concluding summary
of the ways of the little people ... ... ... ... 217

Appendix — Hymenoptera Britannica ... ... ... 227

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