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ssss1 Article Formica, vol. v. p. 143-4. (Turin, 1845).

ssss1 Memorie per servire alla Storia Naturale di alcuni imenotteri, published at Modena, in 1842.

ssss1 The Transformations of Insects: an adaptation for English readers of M. Emile Blanchard's Metamorphoses, Mœurs, et Instincts des Insectes, p. 196. London. 1871.

When I set out again from England in October, 1871, on my way to Mentone, I had obtained an idea of some of the leading points which needed to be cleared up, and I was greatly encouraged in my attempt by the interest expressed in the subject by several of our leading naturalists, among whom I may especially mention Mr. Frederick Smith.ssss1

ssss1 am very greatly indebted to Mr. Smith for much kind assistance, and especially for having named the specimens which I collected.

Plainly the first thing to do was to determine whether the seeds which I had watched the ants carry to their nests were separately stored in subterranean granaries, as they would be if the ant really provides for the future; or whether they were merely strewed here and there, or used as building materials.