DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. XXIll 



g. The attachment of the muscles to the outer covering of the 



abdomen. 

 r. Muscles that move the sting. 

 s. Curved base of the sheaths that enclose the sting. 

 t. Poison-bag. 



u. Glands connected with the poison-bag. 

 •v. Honey-plates covering the muscles r, and to which the 



sheaths of the stings are attached at s. 

 **. Base of sting connecting with the poison-bag /. 

 4.*. Magnified view of point of sting, showing the serrations on 



each side. 



5. Three hexagonal prisms of a bee's eye (Swammerdam). 



6. Abdominal plates of the bee, detached to show the wax- 



cell?. 



7. Eggs of bee, natural size, and magnified (from Reaumur) 



8. Helminthimorphous, or apodal larva of a bee (Reaumur). 



