HYMENOPTERA 127 



tube very different from the three types already 

 noted in bug and fly and butterfly. 



III. In the thorax, note: 



1. The tapered neck that flexibly supports the head. 



2. The few-veined, sturdy wings and the manner in which 

 front and hind wingls are hooked together. 



3. The long and adaptable legs, composed of the usual 

 parts, besides, on the front ones an antenna cleaner at 

 the tip of the tibia, and on the hind ones a pollen basket 

 upon the outside of the greatly enlarged basal tarsal 

 segment, and pollen combs on the inner side of the 

 same. 



IV. In the abdomen, note: 



1. The basal segment separated from the others by a 

 waistlike constriction, and more closely applied to the 

 rear of the synthorax. 



2. The overlap of the plates, and the infoldings at the 

 spiracles along the sides. 



3. The wax glands underneath segments 4 to 7. 



4. The sting at the tip. 



Drone, Queen and Larva 

 Compare a drone, noting: 



(a) The generally clumsier form. 



(b) The bluntness of rear end of the body. 



(c) The lack of sting and of pollen baskets. 

 Compare a queen, noting: 



(a) The larger size and more elongate abdomen. 



