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BULLETIN 1393, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
bilobed ligula. Labial palp short, conical, two-jointed, distal joint of palp with 
several small, fleshy, terminal papillae. Eulabium bearing two setae on ventral 
surface; ligula bearing four small seta? and two sensory spots on ventral side 
and one pair of setae on dorsal side. 
Paragnathal region or maxillular region with a median fleshy area and two 
setose lateral lobes. 
Fig. 7.— The granary weevil: a, Epipharynx of larva; b, head of same, dorsal view; c, labrum of same; 
d, mandible of same; e, egg; /, larva; g, mala of same, dorsal view; h, mala of same, ventral view; i, mouth 
parts of same, dorsal view; j, mouth parts of same, ventral view 
Epipharynx (a) carrying a pair of narrow, longitudinal, chitinized, epipharyn- 
geal rods approaching each other posteriorly. Between these there are usually 
12 small setae somewhat asymmetrically arranged, as follows: Two near anterior 
margin of epipharynx, a median group of four much smaller ones posterior to 
these, a pair of larger ones posterior to the group of four, and finally another 
median group of four very small setae posterior to these, 
