Such odours as those of verbena. rose, violet, carnation, and sweet briar are recognised in butterflies by an English naturalist. Identification by the perfume seems to bo possible. The large white garden butterfly, for example, is known by the odour of lemon or balsam. In Argentina, black ants eat whole plants in a few hours and bore tunnels sixty yards long in the cement of brick houses. Poison*gas discharged through a hose into the nests of the ants has been reported to be .an effective destroyer of tha pests.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18626, 26 February 1926, Page 7
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