428 DESCRIPTION OF 



3.14 

 3.23 

 3.32 

 3.40 

 3.48 

 3.57 

 4.12 

 4.20 

 4.29 



4.39 

 4.47 

 4.58 

 5. 6 

 5.17 

 5.28 

 5.35 

 5.42 

 5.52 



This was her last visit. During the whole day no 

 other wasp found the honey. I also tried other wasps, 

 concealing the honey in the same manner, and with a 

 similar result. 



I have no doubt some wasps would make even more 

 journeys in a day than those recorded above. 



The following are descriptions of some new species 

 referred to in the preceding pages. The first is the 

 Australian honey ant. 



CAMPONOTUS ESFLATUS, n. sp. 1 Operaria. Long. 

 15 mill. Nigra, tarsis pallidioribus ; subtiliter cbri- 

 acea, setis cinereo-testaceis sparsis ; an tennis tibiisque 

 haud pilosis ; tarsis infra hirsutis ; mandibulis punctatis, 

 hirsutis, sexdentatis ; clypeo non carinato, antice in- 

 tegro ; petioli squama modice incrassata, antice con- 

 vexa, postice plana emarginata. Hob. Australian. 



The colour is black, the feet being somewhat paler. 

 The body is sparsely covered with stiff cinereo-testa- 

 ceous hairs, especially on the lower and anterior part 

 of the head, the mandibles, and the posterior edge of 

 the thorax. The head and thorax are finely coriaceous. 



The antennae are of moderate length, twelve- 

 jointed ; the scape about one-third as long as the 

 terminal portion, and somewhat bent. At the apex of 



1 In the Linruean Jowrn. v. I have given figures of this species. 



