TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 



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Congener. Belonging to the same 

 genus with other species. 



Congeneric. Of the same kind. 



Contiguous. Joining one another: as 

 " contiguous spots." 



Convergent. Directed or tending to- 

 wards one point. 



( 'on rex. Curved outward. 



(_ 'ordate. H eart-shaped . 



Coriaceous. Leathery, tough, stiff. 



Corneous. Horny, of horn-like sub- 

 stance. 



( 'orneous poach. <sVv abdominal pouch. 



Costa. Front or anterior edge of the 



wing. 



(Postal. At the costa. 



( 'oxtal nervure, \ The great vein on 



Costal vein. /the anterior margin. 

 Vide. PI. 1, f. Ill, IV, a. a. 



Coxa. The first joint of the leg which 

 connects it with the body. Vide 

 PI. 1, f. V,. 



Crenate. Having round teeth; scal- 

 loped. 



Crenulated. Having small round pro- 

 jections. 



( descent. A mark the shape of the 

 moon in her first quarter. 



Crepuscular. Flying in the twilight, 

 or just betbre dawn. 



( 'repuscular Lepidoptera. Formerly 

 used to designate the Sphingidae, a 

 family of Heteroceres that fly in the 

 twilight or gloaming. 



Crested. Ornamented with a crest of 

 raised scales on the back of the tho- 

 rax, as in the case of many of the 

 Noctuae. 



Cucidlated. Hooded. 



< 'nprtous. Copper-coloured, or of a 

 coppery tinge. 



Dentate. Toothed, serrated. 



Dentated. With teeth, as when ihe 

 margin of a wing is "dentated " or 

 toothed. 



Denticulate, I With small teeth or 



Denticulated, j points. 



Desideratum. Pi. Desiderata. Some- 

 thing that is lacking or wanting ; as 

 "any new species of Colias or Ar- 

 gvnnis are always great desiderata 

 with me. 



Diaphanous. Transparent; as in the 

 genus Ithomia, where the wings are 

 clear, and nearly destitute of scales. 



Dilated. Expanded. 



Dimorphic, \ Occurring under two 



Dimorphous j forms, as in the case of 

 Pajti/io Tuniit*, which has a yellow 

 female resembling the male, and 

 another female entirely black; or, 

 as with the Coliades, which have, 

 in addition to a normal-coloured fe- 

 male, another that is quite white. 



Dimorphism. The state of being di- 

 morphous. 



DlSC, \ YJJ pi i f TIT 



Disk, f I- l, i. J 



Discal. Pertaining to the disc. 



Disced bar. A bar or stripe on or 

 very close to the disco-cellular ner- 

 vules. 



Discal spot. A spot situated at the 

 disco-cellular nervules. 



Disco-cellular veins. Vide PI. 1, f. 

 Ill, IV, g 1, g -2, g 3. 



Discoidal cell- -VidePl. 1, f. Ill, IV. 



Diumtie. Dny butterflies, Rhopalo- 

 ceres. 



Diurnal. Pertaining to day, as the 

 butterflies that fly in the day time 

 only are called diurnae. 



Divergent. Apart from each other, as 

 divergent rays. 



Dorsal Pertaining to the back. 



Dorsal bmid or stripe. A band or stripe 

 on the back. 



Mfmarginate. Notched. 



Emarginations. Notches or indenta- 

 tions, as in the exterior margins of 

 wings of many species of butterflies 

 and moths. 



Entire. When used in connection 

 with the wings, it means the edges 

 are of an even curve, without in- 

 dentations or projections. 



Etc. Ktcaetera, and so on ; in Ger- 

 man u. s. w., and so weiter. 



Ex. } 



TT> ' if Specimen. 



Example, j 



Ex larva. From the larva ; reared or 



raised from the larva. 

 Ex ova. From the egg ; raised from 



the egg. 



