Bu'. 74, Bureau of Enton-olo^'y, U S. Dept. of Agnculti 



Plate II. 



Stages and Characteristics of Solenopsis geminata. 



Fig. 1.— Adult, small workrr lorin. Fig. 2.— Sting of workt-r. Fig. :>.— Right jimeiiim ol worker. 

 Fig. 4. — Adult workers, viirious sizes from workers minor to workers major. Fig. 5. — Larva' 

 and pnj)a- of small forms of worker. Fig. 6.— Larva; of qneen.s compared with larva and pupa of 

 small forms. Fig. 7.— Workers dragging off adult boll weevil whieh they have killed. Fig. 1, 

 enlarged to 7 diameters; figs. 2 and 3, to 40 diameters; ligs. 4, 5, and 6, to 4 diameters; lig. 7, 

 to 2 diameters. (Original.) 



