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ENTOMOLOGY. 



TABULAR VIEW OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF AN 



INSECT'S BODY. 

 HEAD (composed of 4 segments). 



! Occiput. 

 Epicranium, bearing the antennae 

 Clypeus. [and eyes. 



iLabrum, upper lip. 

 ^ Epipharynx. 



Parts of the skin, or integument, ( Gena ', Mentuin 



T TIT T /"I 1 1 -i'ACil 1 11 ill. L/iXxUi 



sides and below | Gula j Submen ; um . 



f Antennae, feelers. 



Mandibles, laws. 

 Appendages lst Max i llte; J with their palpl< 



[3d Maxillae, or labium, with its 



[palpi. 

 THORAX (composed of 3 segments). 



1st segment: Prothorax. 



2d segment: Mesothorax. 



Pronotum. 



Propleurum, with a spiracle. 

 Prosteruuui. 

 ^ Fore legs. 

 3 f Praescutum. 

 5 [ Scutum. 

 -j Scutellum. 

 i I Postscutelluni. 

 ^ I^Patagia. 



( Episternum. 

 Mesopleuruni K Epimerum. 



( Spiracle. 

 Fore wings. 

 Middle legs. 



Prsescutum. 



3d segment: Metathorax. 





Postscutellum. 



Hind wings. 

 Hind legs. 



ABDOMEN (composed of 10 and in some insects 11 segments). 



| Tergite. 



Segments or uromeres < Pleurite. 



( Sternite or Urosternite. 



Ovipositor. 

 Anal stylets, cerci or cercopoda (1 pair) 8 pairs of spiracles. 



