BEE. 
hardly to be seen with the naked eye. The 
middle part of all, of which these lateral parts are 
only appendages, is the true tongue. It is some- 
thing longer than any of the before-mentioned late- 
ral portions j and is not horny, as the other parts 
ure, but what may be called fleshy, being soft and 
pliable. It is composed of short sections, which 
probably are so many short muscles, as in fish; 
for they are capable of moving it in all directions. 
The tongue itself is extremely villous, having some 
very long villi at the point, which act, I conceive, 
somewhat like capillary tubes. 
This whole apparatus can be folded up, into 
a very small compass, under the head and neck. 
The larynx falls back into the neck, which brings 
the extreme end of the first portion of the tongue 
within the upper lip, or behind the two teeth; then 
the whole of the second part, which consists of five 
parts, is bent down upon and under this first part, 
and the two last scales are also bent down over 
the whole; so that the true tongue is inclosed late- 
rally by the two second horny scales, and over the 
whole lie the two first. 
‘‘ The oesophagus, in all of this tribe of insects, 
begins just at the root of the tongue, as in other 
animals, covered anteriorly by a horny scale, whicH 
terminates the head, and which may be called the 
upper lip, or the roof of the mouth. It passes 
down through the neck and thorax, and when got 
into the abdomen, it immediately dilates into a 
fine transparent bag, which is the immediate re- 
ceiver of whatever is swallowed. From this the 
