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ZOOLOGY. 



iv<|iiiiv foreign aid, and are brought up in common by st-rilr 

 individuals, reunited into a society, as we have seen in speak- 

 ing nf bees ( 332). The nymph remains without nourish - 



Fig. 388. Termites (White Ants). 



ment, and in complete repose. Finally, in* their perfect state, 

 the hymenoptera live almost all on flowers, and they die at 

 the end of the first year of their existence. 



I!"inl>ii8, or Humble Bee (Apis muscorum). 



Thi> order eompris--s most of the insects more remarkable 

 for iheir ins' incts, such as ants, bees (Fig. 153), and wasj>s : to 



