t 4i ] 



Roftrum, or Probofcis, isthemouth 

 drawn out to a rigidpoint : in many of 

 the hemiptera clafs it is bent down- 

 ward toward the breait and belly, as in 

 the cicada, nepa, notonecta, cimex, 

 (bug) aphis> and remarkably fo in 

 fome curculiones. 



Maxillas, the Jaws, are two in r.um- 

 ber, fometimes four, and at other 

 times more ; they are placed horizon- 



tally ; the inner edge of them in fome 



infe£ts is ferrated, or furniflied with 



little teeth. 



Lingua, theTongue, in fome iniects 



is taper and ipiral, as in the butterfly ; 



in others it is fiQihy, refembling- a pro- 



bofcis; and tubular, as in the fly. 

 Labium Superius, the upper Lip, 



this is lituated above the jaws, as in the 



fcarabaeus and gryllus. 



G Stemmata, 



