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FIRST BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 



a large card, with the names of the different parts neatlj 

 marked upon the card, as in the accompanying figure (Fig. 



68): 



labium. 



maxilla 



mandible 



l-.ihrum. 



antenna. 



compound eye. 



first Jej. 



elytron.orfirsi , 

 icing. 



second leg. 



second wing. 



third leg. 



ABDOMEN. 



Fig. 68— a Common Brown Beetle, witu the Parts separaied. 



Having now .learned something about the parts of an 

 insect, and having seen how much these parts vary in size 

 and appearance in different insects, the pupils are better pre- 

 pared to understand the surprising modification which the 

 inoiith-parts undergo in the diff'erent groups. 



64. The parts of an insect's mouth, generally speaking, 

 consist of an upper lip, called the lahrmn / a pair of jaws, 

 called mandibles / a pair of smaller jaws, called maxillcG^ to 

 which are attached little jointed feelers, called maxUlary 



