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5. Spliex. Savage.
Antenun often joints. Mouth armed with jaws, no tongue. Wings extended, not folded. Sting sharp., concealed.
6. ch1. Golden-fly.
Antenna fihiform; the first joint long, and the rep
aining eleven short. Thorax joined to the abdomen by a short pedicle. Mouth with jaws, no proboscis. Sting single. Wings flat. Body gilded.
7. Vespa. Wasp.
Mouth with jaws, no proboscis. Upper wings plaitd. Sting concealed. Eyes lunated. Body smooth.
8. Apis. Bee.
Mouth armed with jaws, and furnished with a pro. boscis, enclosed in a bivalve sheath, and inclined downwards under the body. Body hairy. Sting in the female and neutral insects concealed.
9. Formica. Ant.
Antenna filiform. Head large. An erect scale between the 'thorax and abdomen. Mouth with large jaws, and four unequal feelers. Sting concealed; males have none. Males and females 'inged. Neutrals apterous.
10. Mutila. Mutila.
Antenna filiform. Wings mostly wanting. Body downy. Thorax blunted at the base. Sting can.. cealed.
6th. Order,
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