ERRATUM.
At eleventh line from bottom of [page 111], for "three," read "those."
[Transcriber Note: Correction seems to have been made.]
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
[PLATE I.]—(Frontispiece.)
| 1. | Queen-Bee. |
| 1a. | Antenna of ditto. |
| 1b. | Hind leg of ditto. |
| 1c. | Front view of head of ditto. |
| 1d. | Mandible of ditto. |
| 2. | Worker, or imperfect female. |
| 2a. | Antenna of ditto. |
| 2b. | Hind leg of ditto, inner side showing the pollen-brushes. |
| 2b*. | Ditto, outer side showing the pollen-basket. |
| 2c*. | Side view of head. |
| 2c. | Back view of ditto, showing the junction of the gullet with the thorax, and position of the tongue and its appendages. |
| 2d. | Mandible. |
| 3. | Male, or drone. |
| 3a. | Antenna of ditto. |
| 3b. | Hind leg of ditto. |
| 3c. | Front view of head of ditto. |
| 3d. | Mandible of ditto. |
| A. | Enlarged view of the wing. B. Hind edge of fore wing showing the thickened margin, and fore edge of hind wing, showing the hooks, which hold on to the thickened margin of the fore wing and keep them together during flight. |
[PLATE II.]—Page 31.
| 1. | Body of a bee divested of antennæ, legs, and wings, showing the anatomy of the thorax and natural position of the stomach. |
| 5* | The eyes. |
| a. | The ocelli. |
| bbb. | The muscles that move the wings. |
| c. | The external covering of the thorax. |
| ee. | The bases of the wings. |
| d. | The honey-bag, or first stomach. |
| f. | The ventricle, or true stomach, distended with food. |
| g. | The rectum. |
| h. | The biliary vessels. |
| i. | Portion of the membranous tissue lining the inner surface of the segments, and enclosing the stomach and intestines. |
| q. | The stomach emptied of its contents, to show the muscular contraction of the ventricle. |
| d. | The honey-bag. |
| f. | The ventricle. |
| g. | The rectum. |
| h. | The biliary vessels. |
| i. | The ligula, or tongue, and its appendages. |
| l. | The base of the ligula. |
| m. | Maxillary palpi. |
| n. | The maxilla. |
| o. | The labial palpi. |
| p. | The tongue. |
| 4. | The sting and its muscles. |
| g. | The attachment of the muscles to the outer covering of the abdomen. |
| r. | Muscles that move the sting. |
| s. | Curved base of the sheaths that enclose the sting. |
| t. | Poison-bag. |
| u. | Glands connected with the poison-bag. |
| v. | Honey-plates covering the muscles r, and to which the sheaths of the stings are attached at s. |
| **. | Base of sting connecting with the poison-bag t. |
| 4*. | Magnified view of point of sting, showing the serrations on each side. |
| 5. | Three hexagonal prisms of a bee's eye (Swammerdam). |
| 6. | Abdominal plates of the bee, detached to show the wax-cells. |
| 7. | Eggs of bee, natural size, and magnified (from Reaumur) |
| 8. | Helminthimorphous, or apodal larva of a bee (Reaumur). |
