Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 153
E MICROSCOPE. latter is the tongue, while the jointed organs on eachside are called feelers,—palpi; though this is a beggingof the question, for we do not really know the functionof these organs. The chin, the tongue (ligula), and thesepalpi, constitute together the under lip. Between the tongue… … MOUTH OF BEETLE. {Seenfrom beneath.) a, upper lip; b, mandibles ; c, maxillae ; d, maxillary palpi; e, tongue ; f, labial palpi; g, chin. food, while the biting jaws work on it, and to convey itwhen masticated to the back of the mouth. Their wholeinner edge is set with short stiff bristles, which…
Zoology · Microscopy
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