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Lessons in Zoology, 



to the abdomen, shows that in this ant it oonsists of two joiats, 

 making the abdomen more flexible and oapable of being need with 

 greater foroe in stinging. 



The antennse are bent near the middle. The head is 

 longer and more pointed thanthe bee's, and the eyes 

 are small. The head is triangular. 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 6. 



The males and females have three simple eyes (Figs. 1 and 2) ; 

 the workers and soldiers have only the oomponnd eyes. To see the 

 month-parts remove the bead from the body and hold it firmly, 

 with sharp-pointed forceps, nnder a dissecting mierosoope, then 

 with a needle pry apart the mandibles and oarefnlly separate the 

 parts below them from the head. The soft mass thna removed will 

 be found tn consist of a pair of broad, leaf-like first maxillsa, with 

 long palpi, and the nnited second mazillss, also with long palpi and 

 with their inner side forming a thick, soft tongae. These parts 

 can be glned to a card. This dissection is too difficult for children, 

 however. 



A few winged males and females should be shown, and the large 

 size of the female noticed. The males die after the marriage 

 fiight, and the females pull off - their own wings and settle down to 

 a quiet life of several years, perhaps, in the nest. Sir John 

 Lubbock had two queens that lived for seven years, and some of 

 his workers lived six years. 



The larvee are small white g^nbs (Fig. 5), without legs, 

 and so helpless that they cannot even feed themselves. 

 They are dependent npon their nurses till they are full- 



