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Mr. F. Smith's Descriptions of 



The following list will give the vernacular names of all the 

 species described in this Paper, and will show the nature of the 

 products of each, as exhibited in the Great Exhibition: — 



Scientific Name.. 



Vernacular. 



H., honey; 

 W , wax. 



Melipona Mandafaia 





H. W. 

 H. W. 

 H. W. 

 H. W. 

 H, W. 

 H. W. 

 H. W. 

 W. 

 H. 



H. W. 

 H. 

 H. W. 



H. W. 

 H. W. 

 H. W. 



Mondury 







Cupira " . . •• 



Jaty -•-..•.. ••• .. 



Jaty 



bipunctata 









Tubib^ 







Tataira 









Sanhar6 



Mosquito 







Cutia de purga 



Manvel d'Abreu •• 





Polybia socialis 



Cabocl6 















Chap6o 



Enxu 







Melipona and Trigona, according to ray views of those genera, 

 raay be readily separated. The Meliponas are larger insects, 

 having wings shorter than the abdomen, the latter being very con- 

 vex and oblong ; their mandibles never being dentate. 



The Trigonas have the wings more ample, and longer than the 

 abdomen ; the stigma is distinct, with its inferior margin rounded ; 

 the abdomen is short, somewhat triangular, compressed beneath, 

 and forming a carina or sharp edge down the centre j the man- 

 dibles are serrated, denticulate, or sometiines edentate. 



Genus Melipona. 



Melipona, Illig., King, Latr., St. Farg. ; Trigona, Jurine ; 

 y4pis. Fab. 



Tongue, variable in length, the same length as the labial palpi, 

 sometimes considerably longer. The labial palpi 4-jointed, the 

 first joint twice as long as the second, the two apical joints minute 

 and placed at the side of the second joint at its apex. 



