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Mandibles are wanting in the adults of the more specialized Lepi- 

 doptera, being vestigial in the most generalized forms (certain 

 Tineina and Crambus), but well developed in that very primitive 

 moth, Eriocephala (Fig. 51). They are also completely atrophied in 

 the adult Trichoptera, though very large and functional in the pupa 

 of these insects (Fig. 52), as also in the pupa of Micropteryx (Fig. 53). 



Fio. 50. Mandible of Cprw carol! n. After Smith. A'C. <iiiiti//i/j>licus. 4 (figure to right), 

 do. of Leixluti-ojihiin cttir/ii/attm; , of Phanatua carnifeJ-; (/', end of galea, g, eularged; 

 c, conjunctivas. C, of Meloe anguslicollis : I, lacinia; a, lacinia enlarged. 



They are also wanting in the imago of male Diptera and in the 

 females of all flies except Culicidse and Tabanidse. 



They are said by Dr. Horn to be absent in the adult Plalupsyllus 

 r,/.s/o/-/,s, though well developed in the larva; and functional mandi- 

 bles arc lacking in the Hemiptera. 



The first maxillae. These highly differentiated appendages are 

 inserted on the sides of the head just behind the mandibles and the 

 mouth, and are divided into three lobes, or divisions, which are sup- 

 ported upon two, and sometimes three basal pieces, i.e. the basal 



