Tongue 0/ a Worker-Bee. 



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muscles which move these parts. The gutter-like extremities 

 (Fig. 22, A, I, I) are stiffened with chitine, and, when approx- 



Fig. 22. 



mac, mx-MaiUUe. 

 e. c— Cardoa. 

 St, St— Stipes. 

 1,1— Latinise. 



s— Colorless membrane. 



Tongue of a Worker-Bee, much magnified. 



A— Maxillae aDd labium. 



Max. palpi; ft, ft— IiabiaTpslpi. 



JBP.1-, 



o— Sub mentum. . t— Tongue. . 



m— Mentum. . /—Funnel. 



p,s— Paraglossa?. 

 B— Lisula, with sack distended. 



f — FnTyiel. - K— Tubular rod. 



C— Cross-section of ligula. " 

 jB-^Tubular^od. s, a— Colorless membrane. 



8— Shea.pi. 



'(The above fig. is drawn to same scale as Fig. 1?.) 



