886 APPENDIX. 
M. — Size of the worker, of a blackish colour, 
passing to brown. Wings extremely dia- 
phanous; their nervures scarcely visible; 
their point slightly yellowish. Scale, quad- 
rate, almost bidentate. 
JURINE. 
Obs. This is the most skilful of the indigenous 
Mason Ants. 
Tue YELLow ANT, 
(E. Flava, Lat.) 
W.—Ofa reddish yellow. Eyes, black. Scale, 
small, nearly quadrate, entire. Body, 
slightly pubescent. Length, one line three- 
fifths. 
oan Testaceous, obscure (deep reddish brown), 
relucent. Antenne and feet, pallid. Scale, 
emarginate, quadrate, hairy. Abdomen, 
large; margin of the rings yellowish, more 
shining. Superior wings, slightly obscure 
at their base. 
M. — Blackish, shining. Antenne and (feel, 
pallid. Scale, slightly emarginate. Abdo- 
men, feebly tomentose. lings, trans- 
parent. 
LATREILLE. 
