[533] Reaum. v. 102.
[534] Ibid. iv. 269.
[535] De Geer ii. 1084. Comp. Ray Hist. Ins. Præf. xi. It is the opinion of M. P. Huber, that in this case the naked pupæ are deprived of their cocoons by the neuters: he states, indeed, that he has often seen them pulled off by them, and also by those of F. canicularia; and he seems to think that these larvæ are never developed. Mœurs des Fourmis, 84. note 1.
[536] II. viii. 16.
[537] Linn. Trans. vii. t. ii. f. 5, 6.
[538] Wien. Verz. I possess a cocoon of this kind from New Holland, even now quite solid, and retaining its form. No silk appears to have been used in its composition.
[539] Reaum. i. 579.
[540] Ibid. vi. 368.
[541] Ibid. i. 542.
[542] Ibid. 543.