THE ANT. 275

the characteristics enumerated above are brought. out with
singular effect.” The fable of Tithonus, that, living to ex-
treme old age, he was at last turned into a grasshopper,
probably arose from this resemblance.

In Nahum iii. is the following verse: “Thy crowned are
as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers,
which camp in the hedges in the cold day; but when the
sun ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not known
where they are.” This description applies correctly to the
larva of the locust; for the female locust lays her eggs
under the shelter of a -bush or hedge, therefore the young
larvee swarm “in the hedges” about the middle of April;
and about the end of June, “ when the sun ariseth, they flee
away” (having attained their winged condition), and carry
to other regions the desolation they have already caused in
their immature state.

Orper HYMENOPTERA.

Formica.—The Ant.
This interesting and well-known insect resembles the
bees, in many of those particulars which distinguish them