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as stiff brushes in pollen-eating beetles, etc. The galea is either 

 single-jointed and helmet-shaped or subspatulate, as in most Or- 



C 



FIG. 51 A, maxilla of Termopsis angusticollis. B, Termes fla pipes : c, cardo ; sti, stipes ; 

 plpyr, palpiger ; pulp, palpus ; lac, lacinia ; g, gal, galea. 



thoptera, or 2-jointed in Gryllotalpa, or lacinia-like in Myrmeleon 

 (Fig. 55, (7) ; or, in the Carabidee (Fig. 56) and Cicindelidge, it is 

 2-jointed and in form and function like a palpus. 



The palpus is in general antenniform and is com- 

 posed of from 1 to 6 joints, being usually 4- or 5-jointed, 

 and is much longer than the galea. In the maxilla of 



the beetle Ne- 

 mognatha (Fig. 

 57), the galea is 

 greatly e 1 o n - 

 gated, the two to- 

 gether forming 

 an imperfect tube 

 or proboscis and 

 reminding one of 

 the tongue of a 

 moth, while the 



Km. 55. A, maxilla of .Vniitixjm /n-nii/ieii. />, Axcti/njifnin loi/iji- > i ,, i ., ic r p 

 cornix. C, Myrineleoii divemum. Lettering as iu Fig. 54. 



