﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
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  The 
  ocelli 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  each 
  eye, 
  transversely 
  

   towards 
  the 
  forehead, 
  and 
  are 
  longitudinal, 
  enclosed, 
  projecting, 
  yel 
  

   lower, 
  shining 
  dots. 
  

  

  The 
  prothorax 
  is 
  usually 
  flat, 
  edged 
  and 
  somewhat 
  serrated, 
  over- 
  

   grown 
  with 
  hairs, 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  metathorax 
  are 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  

   blunted 
  at 
  both 
  ends. 
  They 
  are, 
  properly 
  speaking, 
  only 
  supports 
  of 
  

   the 
  wings. 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  these 
  segments 
  anteriorly 
  project 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  

   blunt 
  ends 
  to 
  which 
  were 
  attached 
  aforetime 
  the 
  wings 
  whose 
  roots 
  

   stand 
  out 
  as 
  triangular, 
  mobile 
  stumps. 
  

  

  The 
  legs 
  are 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  but 
  likewise 
  larger. 
  

  

  The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  barely 
  the 
  length 
  and 
  thickness 
  of 
  a 
  finger 
  and 
  is 
  

   contracted 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  at 
  seven 
  almost 
  equidistant 
  places 
  

   where 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  of 
  transverse 
  marks 
  are 
  visible. 
  These 
  are 
  

   linear, 
  narrow, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  of 
  a 
  yellow 
  colour, 
  and 
  each 
  extends 
  

   over 
  scarcely 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  The 
  transverse 
  marks 
  beneath 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  fainter. 
  Between 
  

   these 
  transverse 
  marks 
  the 
  skin 
  is 
  quite 
  smooth, 
  all 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  

   skin 
  is 
  tuberculated, 
  like 
  fine 
  shagreen, 
  and 
  milk-white 
  in 
  perfect 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  

  

  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  seven 
  air-holes 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  like 
  

   number 
  of 
  transverse 
  openings. 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  openings 
  is 
  longitudinal, 
  

   bordered 
  by 
  a 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  hindermost 
  are 
  more 
  rounded 
  and 
  smaller. 
  

  

  The 
  anus 
  is 
  rather 
  pointed 
  and 
  enclosed 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  by 
  a 
  pair 
  

   of 
  yellow 
  transverse 
  marks 
  like 
  scales 
  such 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  mentioned 
  

   before. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  only 
  engaged 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  anatomical 
  researches 
  on 
  these 
  animals. 
  

   By 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  cruciform 
  section 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  tubular 
  intestines 
  

   occupy 
  a 
  small 
  space 
  below 
  in 
  the 
  abdomen 
  throughout 
  its 
  whole 
  length, 
  

   and 
  the 
  remaining 
  area 
  was 
  filled 
  by 
  two 
  cylinders 
  which 
  were 
  as 
  thick 
  

   as 
  a 
  goose-quill 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  whole 
  abdomen. 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  cylin- 
  

   ders 
  was 
  only 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  skin 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  filaments, 
  but 
  they 
  

   had 
  no 
  connection 
  with 
  one 
  another. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  numerous 
  minute 
  eggs, 
  which 
  are 
  fastened 
  

   to 
  their 
  particular 
  ovaries 
  which 
  only 
  consist 
  of 
  filaments 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   joined 
  on 
  very 
  closely 
  to 
  one 
  another. 
  In 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  them 
  a 
  strong 
  

   tube 
  extends 
  lengthwise 
  which 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  something 
  marrow-like 
  of 
  a 
  

   darker 
  colour 
  than 
  the 
  rest. 
  Can 
  this 
  be 
  the 
  nourishment 
  for 
  the 
  eggs, 
  

   or 
  the 
  seed 
  for 
  the 
  fertilization 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  or 
  both 
  together 
  ? 
  

  

  Thirdly, 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  the 
  young 
  queens 
  [evidently 
  males 
  which 
  

   have 
  shed 
  their 
  wings. 
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  B. 
  F.] 
  which 
  have 
  recently 
  lost 
  their 
  wings 
  

   and 
  have 
  the 
  expectancy 
  of 
  being 
  future 
  queens. 
  They 
  are 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  queens 
  by 
  their 
  abdomen 
  being 
  but 
  slightly 
  swollen 
  

  

  