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Fig. 60.—Tongue of Aletia xylina, with the end magnified.—Pergande del., from Riley. A, much reduced maxilla (mx) of Paleacrita vernata; mx.p, palpus.

Fig. 61.—A, maxilla of Tegeticula yuccasella, ♂: g, galea. B, ♀: pl, enormously developed palpifer; mx.p, palpus; c, cardo; st, stipes; sty, stylus.

In coleopterous larvæ the maxillæ are 2–lobed (Fig. 62), the galea being undifferentiated, but in those of saw-flies the galea is present (Fig. 63, gal).

Fig. 62.—Larva of Rhagium lineatum: lat, lateral view of head and thoracic segments; mx, first maxilla; ml, undifferentiated lacinia and galea; v, under side of head and pro- and meso- thoracic segments; v.m.s., one of the middle ventral segments, magnified six times; mx′, 2d maxilla.

It now seems most probable that in the first maxillæ we have the primary form of buccal appendage of insects, the appendage being composed of three basal pieces with three variously modified distal lobes or divisions; and that the mandibles and second maxillæ are modifications of this type.