labium

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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

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)

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)

Endolabium: the inner or mouth surface of the labium: the hypopharynx when that is well developed.

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

The maxillae of the hinder pair become more or less fused together to form a “lower lip” or labium, and the segment of these appendages is, in some insects, only imperfectly united with the head-capsule.

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