TASTE IN INSECTS. 



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in the wasp it is forked, somewhat like the tongue of a 

 serpent. In the saw-flies ( Tenthrtdinidce,) it is divided 

 into three, and in a predacious beetle [Leistus) it is 

 formed like a trident. 



LeisUii fulvibai-bas -J «, its trident-shaped tongue, highly magnified. 



In bees the tongue is very long and tubulaT,«^s we 

 shall afterwards notice ; and in the bugs ( (^mcidce) 

 it is bristle-shaped and sharp. •« ** 



