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to look for the situation of the organ. Na- 
turalists are not agreed on this point, but the 
majority vest it in the antenne. Kirby and 
Spence notice the analogy borne by the an- 
tenne to the ears of vertebrated animals, 
such as their corresponding in number, and 
standing out of the head, and observe that 
no other organ has been found which can be 
supposed to represent the ear. In that case, 
this appendage of the head of the Bee, must 
be regarded as a compound organ, exercising 
the functions of both hearing and touch. It 
has already been hinted that some observers 
have regarded it as the organ of vision; and 
we shall afterwards find that there are those 
who look upon it as the organ of smell. In 
this deficiency of precise knowledge on the 
subject, we may perhaps rest satisfied with 
the opinion of Kirby, that, the antenne, bya 
peculiar structure, may collect notices from 
the atmosphere, receive pulses or vibrations, 
and communicate them to the sensorium, 
which communication, though not precisely 
to be called hearing, may answer the same 
