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WHEELER— ANT LARV^. 



then reach into its body cavity and devour its soft parts. The 

 mandibles of the Myrmecia larva certainly show that it feeds on 

 insect food. 



The second larva (Fig. 3) is that of the " Matabele ant," Mega- 

 ponera foetens, of which Mr. Lang secured many specimens in the 

 Belgian Congo. Arnold (1914) and others have shown that this 



A m- 



B\l 



^.-n 



Fig. 2. Head of Myrmecia sanguinca larva 



B, ventral ; C, 



lateral view ; n, antenna ; c, clypeus ; m, mandible ; x, maxilla ; s, maxillarj" 

 sensilla; I, labium; /', labial sensilla; d, opening of salivary duct. 



ant preys on termites, the bodies of which it carries home aggluti- 

 nated in the form of pellets (Alluaud in Santschi, 1914). It is very 

 restless and changes its nesting site frequently, so that it is obliged 

 to carry its young about a great deal and for considerable distances. 



