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than the others : the terminal one as lar£;e a^ain as the 

 penultimate one : wings whitish ; smaller cubital cellule 

 none ; discoidal cellule very small , less than half as large 

 as the first cubital ; first cubital receiving the recurrent 

 xiervure near its base ; nervure of the radial cellule ter- 

 minating abruptly before the tip ; the two other apicial 

 nervures feebly traced towards the tip and not reaching 

 the tip : metatkorax unarmed. 



Length less than three twentieths of an hich. 



This is called the "^ httle yellow ant," and is frequently 

 found in houses in great numbers. They sometimes eat 

 vegetable food, and some of my garden seeds have 

 severely suffered by their attacks. They also devour 

 grease, olive oil^ &:c. Their sting is hke the puncture of 

 a very fine needle, I placed a piece of meat on a win- 

 dow board frequented by these little depredators; it was 

 soon absolutely covered by them, and thus enabled me 

 to destroy thousands, every few hours that I returned to 

 examine the bait, for several days, during which time 

 their apparent numbers scarcely diminished. 

 - 7. M. minuia. Pale yellowish; destitute of spines on- 

 the metathorax. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Bodi/ whiiish-yellow : head rather large : antenna, 

 terminal joint three times as long as the preceding one : 

 eyes small, black and placed low down : peduncle rather 



long: a6</o»ien oval; very pale honey-yellow. 



Length (neuter) less than three fifths of an inch. 

 it not the same as the molesta 1 Editors.] 



This may possibly prove to be an Atta. I obtained 

 only a single specimen, which was found entangled in the 

 nails and tarsi of a specimen of Gorytes phalerafus, 

 Nob. in my cabinet. It does not appear to have a spine 

 on any part, but there are a few scattPrpH Vialisi 



