. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Fijr. jtft JHW» Formica fusca and its jaws ; b, Polyerjfus rufcscem and. ?. Poh/ergiu, Latr., which is also destitute of a sting, but with the antenna; inserted near the mouth, ami the man- dibles narrow, curved, or very much hooked. 1'. rufeecene, the Amazon Ant above described, Dot yet discovered in tlii> country, 3. Ponera, Latr,, the neuters and females armed with a sting'. Peduncle of abdomen formed of ? single knot ; antenna? in these
. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Fijr. jtft JHW» Formica fusca and its jaws ; b, Polyerjfus rufcscem and. ?. Poh/ergiu, Latr., which is also destitute of a sting, but with the antenna; inserted near the mouth, ami the man- dibles narrow, curved, or very much hooked. 1'. rufeecene, the Amazon Ant above described, Dot yet discovered in tlii> country, 3. Ponera, Latr,, the neuters and females armed with a sting'. Peduncle of abdomen formed of ? single knot ; antenna? in these individuals thickened at the tip; mandi- bles triangular ; head subtriangular. P. contracla, Latr., a very small species, [firstdiscovered in England by me]. Odontomackui, , has the peduncular node spined above; the antenna; of the neuters filiform; the head oblong, and deeply emarginate behind ; and the mandibles long and narrow ; all the species are exotic. 4. Mi/rmira, Latr., has also a stills', but the peduncle of the abdomen is composed of two knots; the antenna exposed; the maxillary palpi long- and C-jointed; and the mandibles triangular. F. rubra [misprinted rufa by Latreille], Linn., a very common British Eciton, Latr., differs from Hyrmica only in hai mi? linear mandibles. Attn, Fabr., differs from Myrmira only in having very short palpi; the head < of the workers is generally very thick. A. cepkalotee, Fab., the Visiting Ant of the West Indies, above mentioned. Oryptocenu, Latr., fnrnished with a sting, with the peduncle of the abdomen formed of two knots ; the head very large and flat, with a groove on each side to receive the antenna;. South American insects, [monographed by Klug]. [The excellent monograph of the ants by Latreille, and, as relates to their habits, the memoirs of Huber, ought to be consulted in this family.] The other lleterogyna are solitary in their habits, each species being only composed of winged males and apterous females, the latter
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