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apparatus which is contained in tlie proboscis or 

 trunk of the o-ad-tly. The oryans with the sharp 

 points, of which there are two, are the blades 



big. 120. The lancets ;ind ljljod-iUclvei"S of the gad-lly 



which lance the hides ot the unfortunate victims. 

 The tip of one ot these is illustrated, much 

 more highly magnified in Fig. 121, showing 

 what lancedike objects they really are. When 



