;ii DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



PLATE II. (Page 86). 



Body of a bee divested of antenna, legs, and wings, showing 

 the anatomy of the thorax and natural position of the 

 stomach. 



5*. The eyes. 



a. The stemmata. 



bbb. The muscles that move the vi-ings. 



L. The external covering of the thorax. 



ee. The bases of the wings. 



d. The honey-bag, or first stomach. 



f. The ventricle, or true stomach, distended with food. 



g. The rectum. 



h. The biliary vessels. 



i. Portion of the membranous tissue lining the inner 

 surface of the segments, and enclosing the stomach 

 and intestines. 

 The stomach emptied of its contents, to show the muscular 

 contraction of the ventricle. 

 d. The honey-bag. 



f. The ventricle. 



g. The rectum. 



h. The biliary vessels. 

 The ligula, or tongue, and its appendages. 



/. The base of the ligula. 



m. The paraglossse. 



n. The maxillEe. 



u. The labial palpi. 



/. The tongue. 

 The sting and its muscles. 



s. Curved base of the outer sheath enclosing the sting. 



r. Muscles that move the sting. 



q. The attachment of the muscles to the outer cover- 

 ing of the abdomen. 



/. Poison-bag. 



a. Glands connected with the poison-bag. 



