﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOAIOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  321 
  

  

  Just 
  as 
  little 
  have 
  I 
  come 
  across 
  any 
  provision 
  for 
  their 
  mainte- 
  

   nance 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  never 
  discovered 
  any 
  thing 
  of 
  this 
  sort 
  was, 
  I 
  con- 
  

   cluded, 
  probably 
  for 
  this 
  reason, 
  because 
  the 
  holes 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  nest 
  were 
  closed 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  [washing 
  action 
  of 
  the] 
  rain 
  and 
  

   because 
  they 
  are 
  smaller 
  and 
  narrower 
  throughout 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  wont 
  

   to 
  be 
  in 
  summer. 
  

  

  Before 
  I 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  tlie 
  animals, 
  I 
  must 
  mention 
  a 
  

   small 
  plant 
  which 
  grows 
  tolerably 
  abundantly 
  and 
  invariably 
  inside 
  

   the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  combs 
  (" 
  Zellen 
  "), 
  According 
  to 
  Sir 
  C. 
  von 
  Linne 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  Mucor 
  and 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  a 
  stalk 
  bearing 
  rounded 
  composite 
  

   snow-white 
  bodies. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  has 
  quite 
  a 
  short 
  stalk 
  on 
  

   which, 
  as 
  its 
  fruit-part, 
  the 
  small 
  head 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  and 
  this 
  latter 
  is 
  

   composed 
  of 
  very 
  minute 
  globules 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  snow-white 
  colour. 
  

   Here 
  and 
  there 
  also, 
  as 
  if 
  strewn, 
  on 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  walls 
  there 
  occur 
  small, 
  

   bent, 
  white 
  filaments 
  which 
  terminate 
  sometimes 
  in 
  a 
  sm.all 
  head, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  are 
  club-shaped. 
  

  

  May 
  not 
  a 
  wise 
  Providence 
  have 
  ordained 
  these 
  minute 
  plants 
  to 
  

   grow 
  here, 
  perhaps 
  for 
  the 
  immediate 
  nourishment 
  of 
  the 
  newly-hatched 
  

   animals, 
  whilst 
  otherwise 
  no 
  nourishment 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  nor 
  can 
  

   any 
  foraging 
  be 
  done 
  ? 
  This 
  I 
  only 
  suppose 
  ; 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  observed 
  it, 
  

   because 
  these 
  young 
  animals 
  are 
  all 
  at 
  once 
  very 
  feeble 
  so 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  

   come 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  into 
  the 
  open 
  air 
  and 
  into 
  daylight. 
  

  

  The 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  these 
  nests 
  are 
  firstly 
  the 
  males 
  [workers 
  T. 
  B. 
  F.]. 
  

   Their 
  head 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  oval, 
  robust, 
  flat, 
  unequally 
  beset 
  with 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  neck 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  elevated 
  and 
  rounded 
  with 
  [an 
  anteriorly] 
  

   projecting 
  margin. 
  The 
  mouth 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  shield-shaped, 
  rounded, 
  

   superiorly 
  convex, 
  smooth 
  fleshy 
  membrane, 
  which 
  is 
  sharp 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  : 
  

   and 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  upper 
  lip. 
  Over 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  this" 
  lip 
  is 
  a 
  broad, 
  heart- 
  

   shaped, 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  elevation 
  which 
  occupies 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  

   both 
  antennae 
  (" 
  Fuehlhoernern 
  "). 
  

  

  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  rounded 
  joints, 
  which 
  are 
  beset 
  with 
  

   outstanding 
  hairs 
  particularly 
  at 
  those 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  joined 
  to 
  

   one 
  another 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  longer 
  and 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  head. 
  There 
  

   are 
  no 
  eyes 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  dark 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  side. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  mouth, 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  is 
  found 
  a 
  labial 
  palp 
  

   (" 
  Fressspitze 
  ") 
  which 
  is 
  bent 
  crooked 
  against 
  the 
  mouth. 
  It 
  is 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  four 
  joints 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  outermost 
  is 
  lancet-shaped, 
  flattened, 
  

   bordered 
  with 
  short 
  hairs 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  and 
  longest 
  [i.e., 
  longer 
  than 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  joints] 
  ; 
  whereas 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  joints 
  are 
  round- 
  

   ed 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  innermost 
  are 
  quite 
  short. 
  Their 
  whole 
  length 
  reaches 
  

   up 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  mouth, 
  

  

  