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evolved for the purpose. The lower lip is drawn out 

 spoutwise to catch and then to drink or lap up the 

 juice, or else becomes hairy to absorb it. Finally, 

 of its two parts, that forming the tongue becomes 



FIG. 14. A small primitive Insect (Orchesella cincta] found under 

 stones, representative of an early group of insects from which the 

 sucking forms have since developed. (After Lubbock. Re- 

 produced by permission of Lord Avebury from his Monograph, 

 published by the Ray Society. ) x IO. 



drawn out into a tube of marvellous complexity, up 

 which the sap is pumped by a piston developed inside 

 the throat. 



When gathering honey, insects perform the memor- 



