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men (l’etranglement) is more frequently 
of the same colour; now and then it pre- 
sents a yellow tinge, the feet are in colour 
a little paler. The mandibles or pincers 
of the Rufescent Ant, are very slender, 
arched, destitute of teeth, and present no 
concavity ; those of the Ash-coloured 
Ant are large, broad, hollowed like a 
spoon, shaped as a gouge, and furnished 
with teeth on the margin. The eyes of 
the former species are very small, black, 
and round; those of the latter, rather 
large and oval. ‘The scale is large and 
rounded in the one, large and triangular 
inthe other; the Rufescent Ant is more- 
over provided with a sting, of which the 
dark Ash-coloured Ant is destitute. We 
see from this description how much these 
species differ. 
Let us now pass on to the important 
research of the males and females, to 
determine who are the original tenants of 
the ant-hill, the Amazons, or the Negroes, 
for we must look upon those born there 
as the first occupants. From an inspee- 
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