4<;i2 MKRISTIC VARIATION. [PART I. 



much develop^ I as in tin- \v<>ik.-ix and this feature suggested that 

 perhaps the .-pecinien mav !> a \oimg and abnormal queen. The 

 abdomen i- -mall and seems to have been arrested in its develop- 

 ment, but its -hape i< that of the abdomen of the workers. The 

 Las1 segment >f the abdomen is elongated, triangular, and slightly 

 '_M'oo\ed in the middle of the posterior border, so as to permit the 

 pa-sage of the stiir_ r . The wings are more like those of a queen or 

 worker than iho-e of a male; for in the latter they generally 

 greatly exceed the abdomen in length. The thorax is Hnall, 

 narrow, and cont raeted more than in the normal form, being also 

 !' sfi convex. The -pare between the wings is less than in a fully 

 de\ doped bee. The antenna? are mutilated, but seem to have 

 been normal: but th--ir last joints are slightly reddish brown as 

 they are in females, whether workers or queens, and not black as 

 tiny are in drones. The two compound eyes were completely 

 fu>ed together in the middle line, across the place in which the 

 -imple eyes ought to be found. The simple eyes are not present 

 at all. LUCAS, H., Ann. Soc. Entom. France, S. 4, vm. 1868, p. 

 7:i7, PI. 



