INSECTS. HYMENOPTERA. 95. Formica. 569 
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ant’s eggs. They wander about all day in fcarch fo''d or 
materials for the nel*, and affift each otiicr in bnngins home 
what is too cumberfome fnr fuch as have attempted it. T ••:y 
every day bring out of the neft and expofe to the warrrh of 
the ilin, the newly hatched larvae, and feed them till tb-v a'S 
able to provide forthemfcives. In the evening thcv confume 
together whatever has been collefled during the da) , and-do 
not, as is commonly fuppOfed, lay up any ftore for the winter, 
but probably become torpid or die. They are pecnliariy 
covetous of plant dice, and ar" rhemfelves eagerly fought after 
by the ant-eater and various birds. A very grateful acid is 
procured from them by dittillaf.on. 
Black ; abdomen ovate : le?s fernij^inou.s. 
Inhabits Europ.:, in the trunks of decayed trees. 
Black; thorax cOmprciTed: tip of the antentite and thighs 
rufous : head very large. 
Inhabits Trannmbar . 
Abdomen ovate, the fcale .entire : thorax immaculate. 
Green ; thorax with yellow lines. 
Inhabits Ind^a ; large. 
Antennae a little reddifli at the tip : fcale of the petiole ftiort 
emarginate ; ’luin^s large white with ferruginous nerves. 
Hairy, black : legs rufous. 
Inhabits .Sreyf/. In the mufeum of Sir Banks. 
large ov.ite, rough with ferruginous hairs; antennae brown 
at the tip : fcale of the petiole ovate obtufe. 
Black ; fcutel abdomen and legs ferruginous. 
Inhabits Barhary, large. 
Antennae rufous tipt with black : mmiaihles ferruginous, I-toothed 
at the tip; blackifh, tip ofth ■ lip and front ferruginous: 
jcale of the petiole Ihort rounded ; nuings hyaline with a fer- 
ruginous coftal fpot. 
Black ; head rufous: fcale of the petiole double 
Inhrbits Hevi Holland, In the mui'eum of Sir yy Banks. 
Head large oolong, antennae rufous ; thorax fflitorm ; legs black, 
the ends rufous. 
Black; abdomen greyifii; fcale of the petiole double. 
Inhabits halt 5 bze of F. rtjfa. 
Antemiae 'fKto\s%: thorax gibbous: abdomen covered with cine- 
reous down : _/We double, or widely emarginate; legs black, 
-dianks piccoHs. 
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