labium

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The labium or second maxillæ, so large in the moth, serves simply as a spinneret in the caterpillar.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

The second pair of maxillae are more or less completely fused together to form what is known as the labium or “lower lip.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

On comparing these parts with those of the louse, it will be seen how much alike they are with the exception of the labium, a very variable organ in the Hemiptera.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Elinguata: without a tongue: forms in which the maxillae are connate with the labium: see synista.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Figure 116 represents the mouth parts of the same insect a little farther advanced, with the jaws and labium elongated and closely folded together.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)