SOME SOUTH INDIAN' INSECTS. ETC. 



[CH VP. I. 



The appendages of the Head. 



Figures I and 2 show the main facts of the simpler anatomy of 



The mouth-parts arc of such various forms in the different 



groups that no general account can be attempted here and we can 



only state that the mouth-parts are usually adapted either for biting 



the t 1 or for sucking or lapping juices, but sometimes, as in bees, 



the mouth-parts may partake of both characters and occasionally 

 they may be quite atrophied. (See figures 3. 4 and 5.) 



Fig. 5. Head and Mouth-parts 

 of a Lepidopterous Insect, 

 showing typical sucking 

 mouth-parts. (Aftei i '■< 1 



■ 

 I., it. 1 - as in Fig. .'<■ 



