. The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow-fly (Calliphora erythrocephala.) A study in the comparative anatomy and morphology of insects; with plates and illustrations executed directly from the drawings of the author;. Blowflies. 140 THE INTEGUMENTAL SKELETON OF THE IMAGO. The separation of the sclerites forming the upper and lower surface of the labrum gave rise to the view that one pair repre- sent the labrum and the other the epipharynx. As the labrum does not consist of a single plate in any insect, but is always a hollow process, this is not a tenable view (Kraepel
. The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow-fly (Calliphora erythrocephala.) A study in the comparative anatomy and morphology of insects; with plates and illustrations executed directly from the drawings of the author;. Blowflies. 140 THE INTEGUMENTAL SKELETON OF THE IMAGO. The separation of the sclerites forming the upper and lower surface of the labrum gave rise to the view that one pair repre- sent the labrum and the other the epipharynx. As the labrum does not consist of a single plate in any insect, but is always a hollow process, this is not a tenable view (Kraepelin [70]). The external (dorsal) pair of sclerites are fused together at their proximal extremity, where they articulate with a pair of. Fig. 29.—/, A section throiigh the mouth in the plane a little below that marked by the line pi, Plate VI. ; w, cavity of the prelabrum containing muscles ; «, edges of the groove in the theca ; </, dorsal, and o, oral sclerites ; /, the ligula and salivary duct; //, the hypoglossa, and pa, the paraphysis. The cavity c is cut oil from the alimentary lube when the ligula is brought into contact with the labrum ; it is indicated by the letters st in Plate VI. 3, A section through the anterior dorsal edge of the oral sucker, showing the dislocated bead and furrow which closes the prestomum and the lower edge of the hypoglossa; the lips are strongly flexed on the theca: /;, hypoglossa ;/a, paraphysis; d s, discal sclerile ; pt, pseudotrachea;; pst, prestomum. J, A section through the haus- tellum near the plane sg in Plate VI.: //, prelabrum ; th s, thyroid shield ; ;«i to ni\ muscles in the cavity of the theca ; e, elastic band. 'I"he ligula is seen between the hypoglossa and the prelabrum. apodemes—the glosso-pharyngeal apophyses of Straus Durck- heim already referred to (Fig. 27, ap). These lie in the cavity of the rostrum, and are the ' nail-like pieces' which Gerstfeldt thought analogous to the cardines of the maxilla;. As the ca
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