The Mouth lies between the two Saws and is compoſed of a hollow Tube which anſwers the end of a Throat, and four Horns that ſerve inſtead of Lips and Fingers to convey the Food into the Throat. Each Horn has ſeveral little Joints, by which means it plays to and fro with great facility. The outſide Horns are longer than the others, and are annexed to ſmall Yellow Lobes on each ſide the Throat; the other two are joined to the Throat itſelf. Theſe Players are of particular Uſe to the Ants both in feeding themſelves and alſo their Young.
The Horns, Antennæ, or more properly Feelers, are placed between the Mouth and Eyes in little Sockets not far ſeparate from one another. Each Feeler has two Part which are connected by a ſmall Joint. The firſt reaches not half way, and bends outward, diverging from the Socket; the ſecond Branch alſo diverges, is much longer, and has eleven or twelve leſſer Diviſions like ſo many little Cups placed in one another; and hence they can move them with great Celerity. Each Part gradually decreaſes downwards. [1]They are
- ↑ The Antennæ of Ants are what Virtuoſi call articulated.
