. On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects. Flowers; Fertilization of plants by insects; Plants. â 4 MOUTH OF WASP. [chap. Fig. 12 represents the mouth parts of a bee, Prosopis (Fig. 13), seen from below ; m d being the mandibles ; pm, the palpi of the maxillae la, pi, those of the lower lip. The bees belonging to this genus construct their cells in sand, or in the centre of dry bramble^ sticks, lining them with a transparent mucus, which they smooth down with their trowel- like lower lip (Fig. 12 li), and which hardens into a thin mem- fjg. 12.âFront part of head of branc (Sm
. On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects. Flowers; Fertilization of plants by insects; Plants. â 4 MOUTH OF WASP. [chap. Fig. 12 represents the mouth parts of a bee, Prosopis (Fig. 13), seen from below ; m d being the mandibles ; pm, the palpi of the maxillae la, pi, those of the lower lip. The bees belonging to this genus construct their cells in sand, or in the centre of dry bramble^ sticks, lining them with a transparent mucus, which they smooth down with their trowel- like lower lip (Fig. 12 li), and which hardens into a thin mem- fjg. 12.âFront part of head of branc (Smith "Catalogue of Prosopis, seen from below, ._^ . _-. ,, with the mouth-parts ex- Bnt. Hymenoptcra, p. 7). tended, pa, paraglossse; //, ,_, , , . _ liguia; pi, labial palpi; /«., 1 hat the mouth of Prosopis maxillary palpi; mi, men- i i i â turn; St, stipes; m,i, man- probably represents the condi- dibles; c, cardo; o, eye. tion of that of the ancestors of the Hive-bees, before their mouth-parts underwent spe- cial modifications, may be inferred from the fact that the same type occurs in allied groups, as is shown in Fig. 14, which represents the mouth of a wasp (Folistes). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London, Macmillan and Co.
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