THE 



ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



October, 1825. 



Art. XXXI. Descriptions of Thirteen Species of Formica, Q 



and Three Species of Culex, found in the Environs of '/ 



Nice. By William Elford Leach, M.D. F.R.S. / ' 



Sfc. Sfc. 



1. Formica rubescens. 



Mas. Corpore toto nigrescente nitidissimo ; abdomine ovali elon- 

 gato ; organis sexualibus testaceis; femorihus nigris^ apice 

 Y. extremitateque albidis ; tibiis tarsisque pallidis; squama 

 crassa emarginaia ; oculis nigris. 

 Fourmis roussatre. Huber. Rec. sur les Mceurs de Four. 

 Indig. 327. t. ii. f. 3. 

 F^MiNA. Corpore toto intense rubescente nitidis simo ; thorace 

 postice valde rotundato et projectante ; squama magn& crassa 

 subrotundata ; abdomine ovali, bast abruptissime coarctato ; 

 oculis nigris ; alls hyalinis, pterogosteis nigrescentibus. 

 Huber. Rec. sur le? Mceurs de Four. Indig. 327. t. 2. f. 3. 

 Neutrum. Corpore toto rubescetite nitidissimo ; abdomine seg- 

 mento anali pallidiore, oculis nigris. 

 Corporis longitudo. <? 0002|. ? 0005. Q 0004. 

 Habitat in Moatibus et Collibus prope Nice sub Lapidibus vul- 

 gatissima. 



2. Formica bicolor. 



F. ^ et 2' Corpore toto,pedibus antennisque testaceis hyalinis ; 

 fronte, oculis dor soque postice nigrescentibus; thorace pos- 

 tice utrinque spinula acuta armato. 

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