THE LION ANT. 



Externallj, the Hon ant prefents no features that are. 

 remarkable. The head is broad, of a brown colour, 

 fpotted with yellow : Gn each fide are placed two large 

 eyes, and beneath them the antennae, thickening towards 

 the point, and ihorter than the thorax. The neck is 

 longer than that of moft infeds, and can be ftretched 

 or ftiortened at pleafure. The thorax is of a dirty white, 

 and upon the anuuli which compofe it are feen bj the 

 inicrofcope, the organs of refpiration f , 



f Rcaumvr, Tome yi. mem x, p. 3391 



