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called Amazon by M. Huber. See his Recherches sur les Four- 
mis, &c., p. 210-—260, pl. ii, F. rowssdtre. In all France. 
Ponera, Lat. 
The males and females armed with a sting; pedicle of the abdomen 
formed of a single scale or knot; antenne of the individuals men- 
tioned, thickest towards the end; mandibles triangular, and the head 
nearly so, without any remarkable emargination at its posterior ex- 
tremity. 
F. contracta, Lat., Tbid., vii, 40. The males are nearly desti- 
tute of eyes, and live under stones in trifling numbers. They 
are very small, black, and almost cylindrical; antennze and legs 
yellowish-brown. 
Ovontomacuus, Lat., 
Where the pedicle of the abdomen is also formed of asingle knot, but 
terminates superiorly in the form of a spine. The antenne of the 
males are very small and filiform; the head of these same individuals 
forms a long square, and is much emarginated posteriorly ; their 
mandibles are long, narrow, parallel, and terminated by three teeth. 
All the species are foreign to Europe *. 
Myrumica, Lat., 
Also furnished with a sting, but where the pedicle of the abdomen is 
formed of two knots. The antennz are exposed; the maxillary 
palpi long and composed of six joints; the mandibles are triangular. 
Such is the 
F. rouge, Lat., Ibid., x, 62. The males are reddish and finely 
granulated, with a glossy and smooth abdomen; a spine under 
the first knot of the pedicle; the third ring somewhat brown. 
It stings severely. In woods. 
Ecrron, Lat. + 
This subgenus consists of species entirely similar to the Myrmice, 
with the excepticn of their mandibles, which are linear. 
Arta, Fab. { 
Only differing from Myrmica in the very short palpi; those of the 
maxillze consist at least of six joints. The head of the neuters is 
usually very large. 
Atta cephalotes, Fab.; Fourmi de visite, Lat., Ibid., 1x, 57. 
Cryrrocerus, Lat., 
Always provided with a sting, and the abdominal pedicle formed of 
two knots; but the head, very large and flattened, has a groove on 
each side for the reception of a portion of the antennz. 
The species are peculiar to South America §. 
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* Lat., Gener. Crust. et Insect., IV, 128. 
+ Lat., Ibid., 130. 
} Gcopvome of the Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., 2ad edition. 
§ See Lat., Hist. Nat. des Fourmis; Gen. Crust. et Insect., [V, p. 124 ; Huber, 
Recherches sur les Fourmis Indigénes ; Fabricius, &c. 
