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the chitinous segments which alone are visible exter- 
nally in ordinary ants seem like small brown transverse 
bars. The account of these most curious insects given 
by MM. de Normann and Wesmael has been fully con- 
firmed by subsequent observers; as, for instance, by 
Lueas,! Saunders,? Edwards,? Blake,* Loew, and 
McCook.§ 
On one very important point, however, M. Wesmael 
was in error; he states that the abdomen of these ah 
normal individuals ‘ne contient aucun organe; ou 
plutét, il n’est lui-méme qu’un vaste sac stomacal.’ 
Blake even asserts that ‘ the intestine of the insect is 
not continued beyond the thorax,’ which must surely be 
a misprint ; and also that there is no connexion between 
the stomach and the intestine! These statements, 
however, are entirely erroneous; and, as M. Forel has 
shown, the abdomen does really contain the usual organs, 
which, however, are very easily overlooked by the side 
of the gigantic crop. 
I have therefore been much interested in receiving 
a second species of ant, which has been sent me by 
Mr. Waller, in which a similar habit has been evolved 
and a similar modification has been produced. The two 
species, however, are very distinct, belonging to totally 
1 Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, v. p. 111. 
? Canadian Entomologist, vol. vii. p. 12. 
8 Proc. California Academy, 1873. 
4 Ibid., 1874. 
& American Nat., viii. 1874. 
® The Honey Ants. 
