117 Lob 



Lobate.^ — -Divided to tlie middle into parts with 

 convex margins, which recede from each other, 

 (Gr. lohos.) 



Lobes. — -The parts of an organ separated one from 

 another by a more or less deep division. (F. — ■ 

 Low L. — Gr. Fr. lobe. — Late L. lobus.— lohos, 

 a lobe of the ear or liver.) 



Lobes, Lobi. — The lohes, the parts of the maxilla 

 above the palpus. They inchide the lobus 

 superior, lobus inferio/, and the ungues. (Gr. 

 lohos.) 



Lobes, Lobuli. — Rounded portions of the base of 

 the wing. (Gr. lohos.) 



Lobus maxillae.* — The maxillary lobe, the fourth 

 piece constituting the maxilla, it is generally 

 completely horny, and hooked, its interior 

 margin concave, or stalked ; but it is varying 

 in structure according to the genealogical 

 position of the insect. (Gr. lohos, and L. 

 maxilla.) 



Lobus Inferior. — The lower-lobe. The lower lobe 

 of the maxilla, covered by the lobus superior. 

 (Gr. lohos, and L. comparative of inferus, low.) 



Lobus Superior. — The upper lobe.f The outer 

 lobe of the maxilla, incumbent on the inner 

 one. (Gr. lohos, and L. comparative of swperus, 

 high, from super.) 



* Intermaxillaire according to Straus, 

 t It is called the Galea by Fabricius. 



