Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 973
ch contains a tube formed by thejunction of the two grooves that are channelled out along theirmutually applied surfaces, and which serves to pump up the juices ofdeep cup-shaped flowers, into which the size of their wings preventsthese insects from entering. The length of this haustellium… … In.. OHO. — Hiinstcllium (proboscis) of \<t iicr.sn. inches in length, and in most butterflies and moths it is about asLong as the body itself; in Ain]>hon;/x, one of the Sphingidce, it ismore than nine inches Long, or about three times the length of thebody. This haustellium, which, when not…
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