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sive order one should examine a honey-bee. Those that 

 we see in our gardens are the workers; the males, or drones, 

 and the females, or queens, are rarely seen out of the hive. 

 In the first place, see how well-proportioned are the three 

 regions of the body; the head is large in proportion to the 



thorax, which is nearly 

 spherical; and the hind 

 body, which has six visible 

 segments, is short, conical, 

 and attached by a slender 

 waist to the chest. The 

 three regions are more 

 equally developed than in 

 any other order of insects. 

 Moreover, Hymenoptera 

 differ from all other insects 

 in the thorax (in all except 



a, 



Fig. 205.— Head of a worker hive-bee. 

 front, and B, side view; oc, simple, 

 compound, eyes; epic, epicranium; cl, 



ciypeus: ibr, labrum; md mandible; the Tenthredinidae), COn- 

 ma?, maxilla; I, lingua or tongue; Ip, '' 



labial palpi. Magnified. sisting of four segments, the 



first abdominal during pupation being transferred to the 

 thorax. 



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(Philad., 1879). 

 The honey-ants of the Garden of the Gods, and the Occident ants of 



the American plains (Philad., 1882). Also papers on other ants 



(Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1876, and Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phila., 



1877-84). 

 Mayr, G. Formicina Austriaca ; Die Formiciden der Verein. 



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Also the papers of Asbmead, Bassctt (on Cynipidaq), Norton (on 

 saw-flies), Patton, Riley, Say, and Walsh (on Cynipidae, etc.). 



