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This was her last visit. During the whole day no 

 other wasp found the honey. I also tried other wasps, 

 concealing the honey in the same manner, and with a 

 similar result. 



I have no doubt some wasps would make even more 

 journeys in a day than those recorded above. 



The following are descriptions of some new species 

 referred to in the preceding pages. The first is the 

 Australian honey ant. 



Camponotus INFLATUS, n. sp.' Operaria. — Long. 

 15 mill. Nigra, tarsis pallidioribus ; subtiliter coriacea, 

 setis cinereo-testaceis sparcis ; antennis tibiisque baud 

 pilosis ; tarsis infra hirsutis ; mandibulis punctatis, hir- 

 sutis, sexdentatis ; clypeo non carinato, antice integro ; 

 petioli squama modice incrassata, antice eonvexa, pos- 

 tice plana emarginata. Hab. Australian. 



The colour is black, the feet being somewhat paler. 

 The body is sparsely covered with stiff cinereo-testa- 

 ceous hairs, especially on the lower and anterior part of 

 the head, the mandibles, and the posterior edge of the 

 thorax. The head and thorax are finely coriaceous. 



The antennae are of moderate length, twelve-jointed ; 

 the scape about one-third as long as the terminal por- 

 tion, and somewhat bent. At the apex of the scape 

 are a few short spines, bifurcated at the point. At the 

 apex of each of the succeeding segments are a few 

 much less conspicuous spines, which decrease in size 



' In the lAuncean Journ. v. I have given figures of this species. 



