When this organ is not in use, it is beautifully coiled into a close spiral which lies between the labial palpi.
These are the labial palpi or feelers of the lips.
The lower lip, or labium, which is also almost obsolete in the butterflies, has on either side two organs known as the labial palpi, which consist of three joints.
Whether the labial palpi in any genus differ in the sexes, I cannot affirm with certainty: I have not, however, observed any such variation in them.
Having made these general remarks, I shall now confine myself to the labial palpi.
The Labium, or lower lip, is situated below the proboscis and carries the Labial palpi (figs.
With only two pairs of subfrontal ctenidia; labial palpi five-segmented, symmetrical; eyes vestigial or wanting.
Labial palpi four or five-segmented; symmetrical; hind coxae with patch of spines inside; row of six spatulate spines on each side in front of the antennae.
Protruding from the base of the face is the labium which supports the jointed labial palpi.
Rostrum (= labium + labial palpi) rather long but very weak and pale, consisting of two or three segments inclusive of the unpaired basal segment.
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