OF BRITISH HONDURAS


is the fierce Fire Ant or Red Ant ; the black
" Marching Army," which comes in countless
numbers to invade your house and goes right
through it, leaving it absolutely clean and free
from all vermin-centipedes, scorpions, cock-
roaches, spiders, and even snakes are all attacked
and carried off. The Parasol Ant," which is the
despair of the gardener, and which selects for its
ravages the best of his orange trees. Climbing
over the forest trees, too, there is a giant ant more
than one inch in length ; this species appears to
select especially those trees on which grow a
common white orchid. There are also many
others too numerous to mention.
 I have dwelt on the subject of ants at some
length because the entomologist has great need
to beware of them, for they are his deadly
enemies.
 If he is rearing larvae he must be very careful
to keep them where none of these pests can get
at them. If he neglects this precaution he will
one day find his larva cage swarming with ants
and his caterpillars dead, or bleeding from their
bites and as good as dead. If he has pupae he
must take similar precautions or he will find them
pierced through and through and ants crawling
in and out of the holes. Not only ants, but mice
and cockroaches, which usually swarm in houses
will also soon discover and feast on your pupae.