TASTE IN INSECTS. 



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in the wasp it is forked, somewhat like the tongue of a 

 serpent In the saw-flies (Tent hredhi idee) it is divided 

 into three, and in a predacious beetle (Leistus) it is 

 formed like a trident. 



Lcistus fulvibarbas ; a, its trident-shaped tongue, highly magnified, 



In bees the tongue is very long and tubular, as we 

 shall afterwards notice ; and in the bugs (Cimicida?) 

 it is bristle-shaped and sharp. 



