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For an account of the structures at the tip of the proboscis of this moth, and of the beautiful manner in which the lobes of the maxillae are dovetailed together, see Francis Darwin, Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xv. 1875, p. 385. For details as to numerous proboscides, and as to the difficulties that exist in comprehending the exact mode of action of the organ, refer to Breitenbach's papers, especially Jena. Zeitschr. Naturw. xv. 1882, p. 151.

[172]

See Cholodkovsky, Zool. Anz. ix. p. 615; Haase, t.c. p. 711; also Riley, P. ent. Soc. Washington, ii. 1892, p. 310.

[173]

Fourth Rep. U.S. Entom. Commission, 1885, p. 49.

[174]

C.R. Ac. Sci. Paris, cxviii. 1894, p. 360; and his Thesis, Bordeaux, 1895.

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C.R. Ac. Sci. Paris, cxviii. 1894, p. 542.