Note 9 — CHAP. I. THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANTS.

For several curious particulars relative to the instinct of insects, I refer to the Introduction to Entomology, by Messrs. Kirby and Spence, vol. ii. p. 465.—This work I cannot too strongly recommend to the notice of my readers; since it abounds in a variety of interesting information, and possesses the no small advantage of being equally amusing as instructive.—T.