LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xiii 



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26. Shows three of Wolffs cups, each with a central hair, a chitinous 



ring, and a double ganglionic swelling terminating in a nerve- 

 fibre, X 500 times. B, B', Sensory pits and hairs ; G, G, 

 ganglionic swelling of nerve .. .. .. .. ..27 



27. Under side of left maxilla of Vespa. Gm, Taste-cups ; Shm, pro- 



tecting hairs ; Tb, tactile hairs ; 3ft, base of maxillary palpus 28 



28. Section through a taste-cup. SK, Supporting cone ; N, nerve ; 



SZ, sense-cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 



29. Tip of the proboscis in the hive bee (Apis), X 140. L, Terminal 



ladle ; Gs, taste-hairs ; Sh, guard-hairs ; Hb, hooked hairs . . 29 



30. Organ of taste of fly {Musca vomitoria). gn, Nerve ; gg, ganglion ; 



ax, axe-cylinder; gc, terminal cylinder; gk, terminal cone . . 30 



31. Epithelial and (B) olfactory cells of man. . . . . . . . 33 



32. Cells from the olfactory region of a proteus (after Strieker), a, 



Epithelial cells ; 6, the apparent processes ; c, olfactory cells. 



A, ciliae 33 



33. Section through the head segment of Polyophthalmus, X 300. 



Imd, muscle ; bo, cup-shaped organ ; cu, cuticle ; hp, hypo- 

 derm ; Imd, longitudinal dorsal muscle ; n, peripheral nerve ; 

 6, cerebral ganglion ; cz, commissure of brain ; mb, membrane ; 

 pmg, pigment cells ; hpdz, unicellular glands in the hypoderm ; 

 gn, brain ; k, nuclei in the brain . . . . . . . . 34 



34. Antenna of Pontella Bab^dii (Lubbock) . . . . . . . . 47 



35. Terminal segments of one of the smaller antennae of the water- 



woodlouse {Asellus aquaticus), X 500. a, Ordinary hairs (not 

 connected with a nerve) ; b, hairs of touch (with a nerve at 

 the base) ; c, special cylinders (olfactory cylinders) . . . . 48 



36. Tip of the antenna of a centipede {Julus terrestris), X 600. At 



the apex are four olfactory cylinders, a ^q'^- of which are also 

 seen on the following segment, among the ordinary hairs . . 49 



37. End of a palpus of Staphy Units erythropterus, x 600. a, Olfac- 



tory pit . . . 50 



38. Part of antenna of Callianassa subterranea. b, Olfactory hairs ; 



g, peculiar curved hairs . . . . . . .. . . . . 50 



39. Terminations of olfactory hairs of Crustacea, a, Of larva of a 



Paloemon ; 6, of a Pagurus ; c, of a Pinnotheres ; c/, of a Squilla ; 



e, of a Pontonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 



40. Antenna of blowfly, a. Enlarged third segment, showing pits ; 



c, base of the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 



41. One segment of the antenna of an Ichneumon . . . . . . 54 



42. Section through part of the antenna of a wasp, X 430. CH, 



Chitinous skin ; Z, olfactory cone ; G, olfactory pit ; TB, tac- 



