At Paramaribo, a Dutch colony in the province of Surinam, there is a species of ants, which the Portuguese call visiting ants: they march in troops, and as soon as they appear, all the coffers and chests of drawers are laid open, which they clear of rats, mice, and a peculiar sort of insect in that country, called cackerlacks, and of other noxious animals. If any one chance to molest them, they fal1 upon him, and tear in pieces his stockings and shoes. Their visits are rare; and sometimes they do not appear for three years. - Templeman's Obs. vol. i. p. 36.