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PLAT E DHL 



FORMICA RUBRA. 



RED ANT. 

 HYMENOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Feelers four, unequal, with cylindrical articulations, placed at die 

 tip of the lip, which is cylindrical, and nearly membranaceous : an- 

 tennae filiform : a fmall ere6t fcale between the thorax and abdomen : 

 females and neuters armed with a concealed fting : males and females 

 fernifhed with wings, neuters winglefs. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Teftaceous : eyes and dot under the abdomen black. 



Formica rubra: teftacea, oculis punctoque fub abdomine nigris. 

 Linn. Fn. Suec. 2. n. 1725. — Fabr Sp. Inf. 1. 

 p. 490. n. 9. — Mant. Inf. 1. p. 308. n. 11.— 

 Formica minima rufa, Ray. 



Inhabits woods, and lives in nefts under ltones. During the winter 

 they remain torpid, like moft others of this genus. 



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