Notes on the Epipharynx, and the Epipharyngeal Organs of Taste in Mandibulate Insects

Rdaumur was, so far as we have been able to ascertain, the first author to describe and figure the epipharynx, which he observed in the honey bee and bumble bee, and calls la langze, remarking that it closes the opening into the oesophagus, and that it is applied against the palate. According to Kirby and Spence, DeGeer described the epipharynx of the wasp: and Latreille4 referred to it, calling it the sous la3re. The name epipharynx was bestowed upon this organ by Savigny, who thus speaks of that of the bees: Ce pharynx est, t la v6ritd, non-seulement cach6 par la lvre sup6rieure, mais encore exactement recouvert par un organe particulier que R6aumur a d6jh d(crit. C’est une sorte d’appendice membraneux qui est regu entre les deux branches des mAchoires. Cette partie ayant pour base le bord sup6rieur du pharynx, peut prendre le nom d’@@arycxou d’@iglosse. He also describes that of diptera