The Romance of Missionary Heroism By G. FIRTH SCOTT The Romance of Polar Exploration By CHARLES R. GIBSON, F.R.S.E. The Romance of Modern Photography The Romance of Modern Electricity The Romance of Modern Manufacture The Romance of Scientific Discovery By CHARLES C. TURNER The Romance of Aeronautics By HECTOR MACPHERSON, Junr. The Romance of Modern Astronomy By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, B.A. (Oxon.), F.R.G.S. The Romance of Early Exploration The Romance of Modern Exploration The Romance of Modern Mechanism The Romance of Modern Invention The Romance of Modern Engineering The Romance of Modern Locomotion The Romance of Modern Mining By EDMUND SELOUS The Romance of the Animal World The Romance of Insect Life By AGNES GIBERNE The Romance of the Mighty Deep By E. S. GREW, M.A. The Romance of Modern Geology By J. C. PHILIP, D.Sc., Ph.D. The Romance of Modern Chemistry By E. KEBLE CHATTERTON, B.A. The Romance of the Ship By T. W. CORBIN The Romance of Submarine Engineering SEELEY, SERVICE & CO., LIMITED. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE “The natural system”—A middle course—Neuropterous insects—White 13 ants and their ways—Kings and queens—A royal diet—Secondary majesties—Soldiers and workers—Ant invaders—Methods of warfare CHAPTER II Ant language—Stridulatory organs—How white ants 20 communicate—Conversation through convulsions—Nests in tubes—Detection of a “crepitus”—Mutual recognition—Cannibalistic propensities—Royal jealousy—Loyal assassins—A kingly feast—Methods of feeding—Foundation of colonies—Swarming habits CHAPTER III Ants and white ants—Guest insects—Ants’-nest beetles—Doubtful 32 relations—A strange forbearance—Yellow ants and white wood-lice—Beetles fed by ants CHAPTER IV