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A Gynergate of Myrmecia 
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but the hind one (VW) is still retained in the specimen. 
The structures which accompany wings are present, but 
reduced. The parascutal ridge (P) and the transcutal 
suture (T) are present in their usual positions. The plate 
(S2) covering the meta thoracic spiracle may be noted as 
well as the upper plate (PL) of the metapleuron. The 
Fig. 1. 
Dorsal view of gynergate. (Portion of right hind tarsus miss- 
ing). 
left side of the thorax (fig. 3) is distinctly that of a worker. 
No trace of wings or their accompanying structures can 
be detected. The large meta thoracic spiracular plate (S2) , 
a characteristic of all workers of this genus, is in its usual 
