THE EXO-SKELETON OF THE PROBOSCIS. 



145 



dorst'l and proximal surface of the disc, and the two hps he 

 fla. he walls of the prestomum being thrown into the same 

 pla '''■- as the surface of the disc. 



Fig. 31. — Details of the Orr.l Sucker : /, A section through the disc just in front of 

 the prelabrum : -v, cavity of the prestomum ; y, cavity of the mouth ; a, dorsal 

 seam formed by a bead and furrow ; s g, labial salivary gland ; d, duct ; th, 

 thyroid cornu ; f, furca ; t c, tendinous cord ; s, cavity ; /i, hypoderm cells. 2, 

 A similar section in a more anterior plane passing across the pseudotrachere : .r, 

 prestomal cavity and the bases of the teeth ; / c, tendinous cords ; /V, pseudo- 

 trachece. j, A section through the junction of the theca and the oral sucker: 

 /, furca; e, elastic ligament; /, poculum, with labial glands on either side; 

 A s, hypoglossal sclerite ; //, extiemity of the prelabrum. ^, A pseudotracheal 

 vessel and the prestomal teeth and folds. J, An isolated ring of one of the 

 pseudotrachex. 



The distal surface of the disc may therefore be described as 

 consisting of two parts, the prestomal and the discal. 



The prestomal portion is formed by the discal sclerites and 

 the teeth and folds of the prestomum (Fig. 31, 7) with the 

 inner orifices of the pseudotracheai between them. 



