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basal segment of the abdomen, black; the rest of the abdomen 
is reddish-yellow above, but black beneath. The male is a little 
longer than the worker, and is black, with the abdomen beneath 
and at the sides reddish-yellow; the metathorax covered with yel- 
lowish hair; the clypeus and scutellum pale testaceous, nearly 
white ; the tips of the mandibles, articulations of the legs, and the 
first joint of the tarsi, testaceous ; the antennz fulvous beneath ; 
the head wider than the thorax ; the eyes larger than in the work- 
ing bee, and more convex externally ; the wings fusco-hyaline, 
with the stigma pale yellow. 
Of the ants forwarded by Mr. Peckolt, one species is mentioned 
as very destructive to coffee beans. This is a White Ant, and is 
identical with, or very closely resembles, the Termes cumulans of 
Hagen. The series of specimens consisted principally of small 
workers, interspersed with examples of larger workers, or soldiers, 
as they are usually called. It is a small species, the largest indi- 
viduals not exceeding 22 lines in length. It is named “ Cupim 
do Café,” the ant of the coffee, and is, Mr. Peckolt observes, 
an important insect, on account of its ravages on coffee beans. 
Another interesting ant, forwarded by Mr. Peckolt, is the 
Cryptocerus elongatus, which is stated to be destructive to nests of 
the Mosquito-bee. No particulars are given, so that whether we 
are to regard these ants.as destructive to the honey collected by 
the bees, to the wax, or to the bees themselves, must be a matter of 
conjecture until we obtain further information. It is notwith- 
standing a step towards the history of Cryptocerus that a species 
of that genus is found in nests of the stingless honey-bees. 
I am indebted to Mr. Bates for the signification of the verna- 
cular names. 
