2 SO 



ANIMAL LIFE 



for over. Prosopis is one of these antique races. 

 Her poverty, isolation, and simplicity are no marks 



A 



B 



Fig. 56. — Involution of the tongues of bees: A, trowel-like sh .it tongue 

 (/) of Prosopis, with the mandibles (Mn) at its base ; B, jaws of Rose- 

 cutter Bje (the tongue being turned back); C, elongate honey-sucking 

 tongue of Humble or Hive Bee. The mandibles (///</) are short, but the 

 h.ngne ami ils adjacent parts (//, /V) arc greatly produced. — (A, B from 

 If. Miilic.r, C/roi/i Lang.) 



,1 , antennae ; an, eyes : < /■, dorsal groove (epipharynx) ; //t, upper lip ; 

 mx„ mm, maxillae. 



of distress or degradation. Her short tongue and 

 slender legs tire signs of an antique habit that sufficed 

 the needs of early beedife, and in the eyes of the 



