Royal 8vo. In 4 parts, each, with 25 Coloured Plates, 15s.,
or complete in one vol. 63s.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF MENTONE,
AND TO A
WINTER FLORA OF THE RIVIERA,
Including the Coast from Marseilles to Genoa.
BY
J. TRAHERNE MOGGRIDGE, F.L.S.
L. REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
HARVESTING ANTS
AND
TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS.
HARVESTING ANTS
AND
TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS.
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR
Habits and Dwellings.
BY
J. TRAHERNE MOGGRIDGE, F.L.S.
LONDON:
L. REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1873.
LONDON:
SAVILL, EDWARDS AND CO., PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
CONTENTS.
| PART I. | |
| PAGE | |
| HARVESTING ANTS | 1 |
| PART II. | |
| TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS | 71 |
EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
PART I.—HARVESTING ANTS.
Plate I., p. 21, fig. A.—View of the entrance to a nest of Atta barbara,showing part of a train of ants bearing seeds, the conical mound ofrefuse thrown out, and some seedlings, which have sprung up fromseeds accidentally dropped by the ants; B, one of the larger workers ofthis species, of the natural size, and B 1, its abdomen and pedicle, withtwo nodes, magnified; C*, one of the smaller workers, of the naturalsize; C, a male, of the natural size; D, a female, of the natural size;D 1, wing of the same, magnified; D 2, mouth organs of the same,magnified, with the mandibles removed, the two outer pieces being themaxillæ and their palpi, and the lozenge-shaped piece the labium, fromthe upper part of which the labial palpi spring, while behind the labiumis the true tongue; D 3, one of the mandibles, magnified; E, a larva,of the natural size, and E 1, the same, magnified.
Plate II., p. 22, fig. A.—A trowel containing earth, in which a granary