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drical, sometimes dilated at their base, and furnished 

 with a margin of membrane. By Swammerdam 

 they are termed " the second pair of joints of th». 

 proboscis (r) ;" and by Reaumur " les demi etuis iri" 

 firieurs{s)" '•• 



Laciniir interiores. These are peculiar to Apis, 

 and eiTibrace and defend the tongue where it en- 

 ters the tube. They are called by Swammerdam 

 " the third pair of joints of the proboscis {t) ; Reau- 

 mur notices them as '^'^ pieces qui emhrassent etfor- 

 tifientla-trompe (u) ;" Latreille, in Nomada, names 

 them soies laterales. 



Valvul^e. These form the exterior sheath of the 

 tongue; I have divided them into basis and apex-, 

 which by Swammerdam and Reaumur seem to have 

 been considered as distinct pieces. The former 

 calls the basis, in conjunction with the tube, " the 

 joints ivhich form the lower part of the proboscis;"- 

 and the apex of the valvulae " the first pair of joints 

 of that part {x) ." Reaumur denominates the latter 

 '^ les demi etuis exterieurs" and the former "les 

 tiges des demi etuis exterieurs [y) " 



Pecten. This denotes the spines which arm 

 one side of th-e upper part of the base of the vaU 

 ^alles. These, as far as I know, are now first 

 noticed. 



(r) Ubi sup. p. 18. fig. 5. f,^. (.«) Ubi sup. ee. (i) Ubi 



jpup. A^. (w) Ubi sup. ^^. (x) Ubi sup. aa, ^^. 

 (y) Ubi supr. fig. 9. A//*^- 



■ '' ' Cardines. 



