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THE ANATOMY OF THE HONEY BEE. 



TMcl, transverse muscle. 



Tn, trocbantin (not separated from sternum in bee). 



TnC, coxal condyle of trocbantin. 



Tr, trocbanter. 



Tra, tracbea. 



TraCom, transverse ventral tracbeal commissures of abdomen. 



TraSc, tracbeal sac. 



Tri, triangular plate of sting. 



Vag, vagina. 



VDef, vas defei'ens. 



VDph, ventral diapbragm. 



Vent, ventriculns. 



VentVlv, ventricular fold or valve in small intestine. 



Ves, vesicula seminalis. 



Vlv, valve of sting carried by lancet. 



VMcl, large vertical muscles of tborax. 



VNR, internal, median V-sbaped notal ridge, tbe " entodorsum.' 



Vx, vertex. 



W, wing. 



W„Nv, mesotboracic wing nerve. 



W Nv, metatboracic wing nerve. 



WPf wing process of pleurum. 



2. ALPHABETICAL LETTERING. 



a, clypeal suture. 



&, anterior tentorial pit, in clypeal suture. 



0, posterior tentorial pit, in occiput beside foramen magnum. 



ci, tbickened posterior edge of lateral wall of fossa of proboscis. 



e, process at upper end of d articulating witb cardo of maxilla and 



forming maxillary suspensorium. 

 /, internal median keel of vertex in cranium of drone. 



g, suspensorial ligaments of anterior end of cesopbagus. 



h, pbaryngeal rod. 



i, convolutions of dorsal blood vessel. 



/, anterior articular knob of mandible. 



Jc, ventral groove of glossa. 



1, ventral groove of maxillary rod. 

 m, median plates of wing base. 



n, basal books of glossa. 



o, median ventral plate of ligula. 



p, dorsal plates of anterior end of mentum, supporting ligula. 



q, inner wall of canal of glossa. 



r, cbitinous rod of glossa. 



s, pbaryngeal plate, on anterior part of floor of pbarynx. 



t, salivary poucb opening on dorsal side of base of ligula, receiving 



common duct of salivary glands (SaW). 

 u, oblique muscles inserted upon dorsal side of salivary poucb of 



ligula. 

 V, transverse or V-sbaped suture on surface of mesonotum or motano- 



tum, formed by tbe internal V-sbaped ridge or " entodorsum " 



(VNR). 

 to, lateral lobe of prouotum projecting posteriorly over tbe first 



spiracle. 



