242 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 



instance is long- and well adapted for reaching 

 the depths of flower blooms, for when these in- 

 sects are fully deve]o])ed they give up their larval 



Fig. T63. Part of tlio inoutb of a stag-beetle, 

 showing its brush-like tongue 



habits of devouring" ai)hides, and become veeetable 

 feeders upon honey and probably pollen. 



Just one other example of a sucking proboscis, 

 but with a different arrangement. The coiled 

 watchspring-like form in Fig. 162 is the tonoue 

 ot a common and beautiful butterfly. This re- 



