Abstract
the dirt EJE Central road near the 1,000 m marker. Some workers were carrying their own colony brood of small larvae (about 1.0 mm long), and other workers were carrying ant larvae and pupae captured from other colonies. At 5:20 a.m., a moving swarm of workers about one m long and ten cm wide with the nonphysogastric queen running unaided near the middle appeared along the column. The queen and several hundred workers were collected and preserved. Sixteen mites were removed from the queen's body. We thank Dr. Jose Sarukhan, Director, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and M. en C. Luis Alfredo Perez J., Jefe de la Estacion de Biologia Chamela, for inviting us to study at the station and for providing our food and lodging. Also we are grateful to Dr. Stephen H. Bullock, Investigador Associado, for his kindness and assistance during our work at the station. This research was supported by University Research Committee Grant 005F83-URC and the Department of Biology of Baylor University.
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