Show ah ahe wonderful pol P ol at ant the greatest known curiosity of insect life as aa far as aa habits tile aio concern 1 qu cd at at boost Is to bs be found in the queer parasol or umbrella oat so common comman in all parts of tropical america from texas to venezuela tile cornmon cornman 1 dame by thich the creature li 14 known has baa bee been bestowed because of a queer habit this species of ant bad baa or of stripping certain unda kinds of trees aud and shrubs of their bollage dud and carrying the leabes to their tbell nests an army of these ants which have bavo been ok off on oll it a foraging expedition present tl the queerest sight bight imaginable ng its they march in long columns by tn as fours foura a and sixes each holding the stem of a lost leaf to in ills his bavre tho the ten loaf itself shading the little In Ins octa body like a parasol does docs the faco face nod and of it a lady elie car ly imagined that those these ants carried leaves for the eole purpose of protecting themselves thoma elves against the rays of the tropical sun but investigation that they hove have another uso use tor for the bits of green ercer they gather the loada are only wanted as soft eoll upon abick to grow n certain species of fungi fund of iilah the abo parasol tint Is very fond |