Giger's third concept for a humanoid alien concept

leading from

Development of Giger's art
and 
Concept art for the stage III Alien

The alien monster from two sides, with the vertical spine at the back but now blind with a dome covering the head and a thick tubular tongue with a set of extra jaws.

 

a) Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, Front view (work 372) (1978) by HR Giger

 

 

 

 

 

b) Alien: Alien Stage 3 , version III, Front view (work 373) (1978) by HR Giger

 

 

 

b. i) References 'Executioner argues with the King about cutting off the Cheshire Cat’s head' Alice in Wonderland illustrations (published 1865) by John Tenniel?

 

 

 

 

b.ii) Referenced in Aliens: storyboard showing Ripley and Newt first encountering the Alien Queen for Aliens ?