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to be comprised under the denomination of noir- 
cendrées. 
They build after the same manner. They open 
the cocoons of their pupe a few days after they 
have spun, under the form of larvae, and are all 
equally exposed to the invasions of the Amazon 
Ants. 
LatreiL1e, Hist. Nat. des Fourmis. 
Tue Minine Ant, 
(F. Cunicularia, Lat.) 
W.— Head and abdomen, black. About the 
mouth, upper part of the head, first joint of 
the antenne, thorax, and feet, of a pale 
fallow. Vide Pl. II, fig. 12. 
It resembles the worker of the Fallow 
Ant. The antenne have their first joint 
yellow, and the second of a blackish red. 
The head is black, with the parts surround- 
ing the mouth ; the inferior part reddish. 
The forehead bears an impressed line. 
Three apparent ocelli. Thorax, of amuch 
paler yellow than in the Fallow Ants, and 
no black upon the back (on this account 
they closely resemble the Fallow Ants, with 
the red back). The scale is fallow, nearly 
oval; having the middle of its superior 
margin retuse, as if truncate. The ad- 
domen is of a black ash-colour, pubescent. 
