38 



BRITISH ANTS. 



9. The gynandromorph is an individual in which male and 

 female characters are combined. 



10. The ergatandromorph is an individual in which male and 

 worker characters are combined. 



11. The female (gyne), queen, or a-female, is the most highly 

 specialized sex. The head and thorax are large ; the eyes, ocelli 

 and mandibles well developed, and the gaster is bulky. The legs 

 and antennae are often, and the wings sometimes, shorter and 



Fig. 47. Mcrmithogyne of Donisthorpea flava. 



(Bondroit. ) 



Oddington, 7. VIII. 1900. 



stouter than in the male. She is usually larger than the male and 

 worker of the same species, and in some exotic genera her size is 

 enormous in comparison with the tiny worker of her own species. 



12. The macrogyne is larger in stature than the normal female of 

 the species in question. 



13. The ergatogyne, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid female is a 

 wingless form. It possesses ocelli, the eyes and thorax being more 

 like those of the normal female. In some species it is the only form 

 present, in others in which the female is dimorphic, a winged form 

 also occurs. No British species possesses an ergatoid female. 

 (When a wingless female is spoken of, it must be understood that 



