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the nest inhabited by the whole colony, we must suppose that the 

 spinning habit, which in other Camponotine ants is manifested only 

 at the end of larval life, has become secondarily precocious, but even 

 in such larvse the saliva in the stages immediately after hatching 

 may, perhaps, still serve as an agreeable draught for the nurses. 



The three remaining larvae which I wish to describe belong to 

 species formerly included in the genus Sinia but now for taxonomic 



Fig. S. a, very young; B, nearly adult larva of Pccdalgiis tcrmitolcstes sp. 

 nov. ; lateral view to show the development of the salivary glands. 



reasons referred to Tetraponera and Pachysima. These ants live 

 in hollow twigs like the species of the closely related neotropical 

 genus Pseudomyrma. A large collection of Tetraponera tessmanni, 

 made by Mr. Lang, included larvae and pupae in all stages of de- 



