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This sting, as it appears to the naked eye, is but a 

 tiny instrument of war, so' small, indeed, that its wound 



Fig. 2. — A. GBOUP or bbbs. 



would pass unheeded by all the larger animals, were it 



not for the poison introduced at the same instant. It 

 has been described as being "composed 

 of three parts, a sheath and two darts." 

 The greatly magnified sting and the sac 

 containing the poison are shown in figure 4 

 on the next page. The darts which pene- 



„ trate the flesh are close side by side in 



'their sheath or tube below; these darts 



are also represented at one' side and separated to show 



