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F. Smith Formicidæ.— (Pamphlet Nr. 155) Formica as rule p. 97 has cocoon for larva— Myrmicæ or rather myrmicidæ have not. p. 115. — But 2 species of Formica sometimes have & sometimes not coccoon. (p. 97) — Formica & Myrm. allied genera, though in different sub-families —

Analogous variation

Smith, Frederick. 1854. Essay on the genera and species of British Formicidæ. [Read 4 December.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London n.s. 3 (1854-6): 95-(112)135. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 155] PDF

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adjoining pots, shd have, [text excised]

to map all the pots of every size & placed at equally near distance to the other pots so near to & at equal distance from the other pots so that each shd have been wholly formed of a series of flat surfaces, or representing the plane of junction intersection of the adjoining adjoining surfaces circular surfaces which would otherwise have been circular. Therefore I conclude xxx that the remarkable case of the comb of a surface ─ the most remarkable ever known ─ Waterhouse theory opposed to L. Brougham- Icaria (*Polistes) [illeg] by does not [illeg] by any one part That the plain surfaces & angles in cells of all sound [illeg] stand in relation to the joints of the adjoining cells, I thus come to doubt from much [illeg] ─ from what we see in this case wh angle & from cells abut as by Mr W. So again ─ so not [illeg] ─ solitary cycling

Even in round ─ nest ─ [illeg] by no valuable theory, it seems an an uncommon to our theory if not sole or that prevents of cell advantages made [illeg] of instincts.

Brougham, Henry. 1839. Dissertations on subjects of science connected with natural theology, being the concluding volumes of the new edition of Paley's work. 2 vols. London: C. Knight & Co. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF