St. Ange, in his comparison of the mouth of Lepas with that of Phyllosoma, compares the mandible of the latter with the palpus of Lepas; the first maxilla of Phyllosoma with the mandible of Lepas; and so on with the other gnathites.
The free portion of the palpus stands out transversely behind (i.
I suspect that the palpus possibly may consist of two segments, of which the terminal one is free, and the lower one confluent with the labrum.
Note on the palpus and other appendages of Asaphus, from the Trenton limestone, in the British Museum.
There appear to be about 7 articulations in the palpus itself, above the basal joint, marked by swellings upon its tubular stem, which is 1 line in diameter.
The palpus is 9 lines in length, the basal joint measures 3 lines, and is 2 lines broad, and somewhat triangular in form.
The house at Palpus is the general resort of those who possess the luxury of a horse and chaise, as well as of those who still retain, as the majority do, a predilection for their primitive vehicle.
The flat obtuse triangular structure from which the palpus springs is the right-hand maxilla.
This appears to have been the original state of things in the ancestral flea; the palpus with more and the palpus with less segments being derived from the normal five-jointed one.
The number of segments composing each labial palpus in fleas varies, so far as we know, from two to seventeen.
In most fleas, however, the labial palpus consists of five segments.
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
It may be distinguished by the fact that the middle joint of each palpus is of uniform size from end to end instead of tapering toward its outer end.
This species may be known from Harris's Checker-spot by the fact that the middle joint of each palpus tapers from the middle to the tip and that the tibia of each front leg in the male is slender rather than stout.
Each short palpus has a large middle joint and a small joint at the tip.
Projections of coxa I longer, and at least one of them sharp pointed; second segment of palpus twice as long as the third; coxa IV of the male with a long spine.
Last segment of the palpus forms a thumb to the preceding, which ends in a claw (with few exceptions); body often with many hairs (fig.
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