ai2 Rev* Mr. Kirby'j Definition of the Ammophthu 



Fig. 4. The maxilla, armed with two obtufe teeth at its apex, (a) The 

 interior tooth fmall. (b) The exterior very large. N. B. 

 The black lines are defigned to reprefent thefulci, which 

 are drawn upon its exterior furface. 



No. V. 



Roftrum and maxilla of an Apis, rojiro reftexo, magnified. 



Fig. 1. Outfide of one of the upper valves, cultriform and acute. 



(a) Feeler of fix joints. 



Fig. 2. Under-fide of the roftrum. (a) Infide of the upper valve. 



(b) Its feeler, (c) The under valve, (d) One of its feelers 

 of four joints, the three laft forming an angle with the 

 firft (/). (e) The tongue. 



Fig. 3. The tongue feparate, linear-lanceolate, and very acute. 

 Fig. 4. The maxilla, armed at its apex with two unequal teeth, of 

 which the interior is the fhorteft. 



(/) With my pocket lens I could dlfcover no part analogous to the arifta, upon ths- 

 under valve of this roftrum. 



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