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Pedicellus. This joint is the pivot, turning in 

 the socket of the scapus, upon which the remaining 

 articulations taken together, here denominated the 

 apex, sit, and by means of which they often forn^ 

 an angle with that part. Reaumur terms it le 

 l;outon{i). 



Proboscis. This term, as I observed before, I 

 have used to signify the tongue and all the machi- 

 nery that belongs to it and its vagina, in confor- 

 mity to the practice of Linneus in yipis. 



Lingua. De Geer sometimes calls this part ^' Ic 

 Uvre inferieur (k) •" but certainly very improperly. 

 It is possible that Fabricius might follow him in 

 applying a similar term (labium) to the same part. 

 In another place (/), by this term the same author 

 denotes the whole proboscis, expressing a suspicion 

 that the centrq,l part may perform the office of a 

 tongue. 



Vagina. This term is designed to include 

 Civery part, the office of which is to cover, defend^ 

 or support the tongue. 



Tubus, This part is called by Fabricius thq 

 base of the tongue, but De Gfeer, in his account 

 of the proboscis of the Proabeille, considers it as 

 ^istinct^ naming it the intermediate piece of thQ 



(t) Ubi supra, Tab. 25, fig. 4. 13. /r. p. 326, 327. 



(k) Tom. 2. p. 2. p. 1130. Tab. 26. fig. 10, 11. f)l, cc. 



^l) Ibid. p. 1 128. Tab. 25, fig, 12. aa, l^ e. 



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