ANTS. By Derek Wragge Morley. New Naturalist Monographs No. 8.

1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (138 x 206mm). Ppxiii,304. Colour and b/w plates, illustrations, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"It is surprising that the world should have had to wait so long for the first adequate presentation of the lives and habits of the British ants. ...Ants provides not only a practical key to the identification of all British species suitable for use by amateur workers, but a clear and excellent summery of present knowledge about the biology of these fascinating creatues, and much discussion of ant behaviour." Chapters include; editor's preface; author's preface; the ants of the garden; the growth of the ant and its anatomy; the ants of Britain; introduced ants; experimenting with ants; ant guests; collecting ants. Appendices list the British ants, show ant anatomy, ant monstrosities, and a key for the identification of British ants. *The dust-wrapper of this copy has a torn spine with a little loss, and a detached front flap, but looks presentable in a non-adhesive plastic archive jacket.