Jaws — Tongue 



a; 



hairy in male Gnats (fig. 9 b). In Bees the united 



stipites of the second maxillae form an elongate 

 mentum which carries outwardly the pair of long 

 hairy palps (fig. 15 Ip), serving as organs of touch, 

 and inwardly the short hoods (ga/e^) (l, 2). 



Tongue. — The hoods partially surround, as 



Fig. 14. — Cicad's Head, front view. I. a. clypeus, 5. labrum. II. Mandibles. 

 III. ist ma.\ilte (a. base, i. sheath, c. piercer). III'. Inner view of 

 sheath. IV. 2nd maxillse forming beak (i5. mentum, c. ligula). Magnified 

 8 times. From Marlatt, Bull. 14 (n.s.) Div. Ent. U.S. Dept. Agr. 



sheaths, the long, flexible hairy tongue (fig. 15 /) of 

 the Bee, which corresponds with the tongue {hypo- 

 pharnyx) of the Cockroach. In the latter insect, as 

 mentioned above, this organ is simply a fold of skin 



B 



