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TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 



Ex parte. One-sided ; ex parte state- 

 ment, a one-sided statement. 



Expanse. The greatest width across 

 from tip to tip of the expanded fore 

 wings or primaries. 



Exserted. Protruded, stuck out. 



Externally, \ Outwardly ; towards 



Exteriorly, /the exterior or outer 

 margin, etc. 



Exterior margin. The outer margin. 

 VideP\. 1, f. Ill, IV. 



Exuvia. Cast-off skin, as of caterpil- 

 lars when they molt. 



Falcate. Hooked, sickle shaped, as 

 in the primaries of some of the 

 Attaci. 



falcated. Sickle-shaped. 



Family, \ A group of allied genera, 



Familia. j as the family Nymphalidae, 

 etc., etc. 



Fascia, A rather broad transverse j 

 band. 



fauna. The animals of any given 

 territory; thus, the insect fauna of I 

 Labrador embraces all the insects 

 found within the limits of that 

 country. 



Femur. Thigh, the third joint of leg. 

 Vide PI. 1, f. V, c. 



Fenestrated. Windowed ; used in 

 connection with those Lepidoptera 

 which have many transparent spots 

 on the otherwise dark surface of the 

 wings, as in case of Heleona Fenes- . 

 trata, an Australian species. 



Ferruginous. Iron rust coloured, 

 colour of burnt sienna. 



F., Fig., \ Figure; representation 



/, fig. j of an object or specimen. 



Filiform,. Thread-like. 



Flavus, ") 



Flava, ^-Yellow. 



Flavum. ) 



Flavism. Yellowness ; as in a yellow 

 example of a butterfly in which the 

 parent and normal form is some 

 other colour; for instance, in the 

 yellow females of Anthocharis, .SY/ra, 

 and Pieris Sisymbrii, which are ex- 

 ceptions to the ordinary colour of 

 those species, which is white. 



Flavescmt. Of a yellowish cast, with 

 a tendency towards yellow. 



flexuous. Sinuous, winding; as a 

 flexuous line is a winding, irregular 

 line. 



Foliaceous. Leaf-like; as in the under 

 surface of Gonepteryx Clorinde, 

 Kallima Inachus, etc. 



Fore wing. Primary, anterior or su- 

 perior wing. Vide PI. 1, f. Ill 

 and IX. 



Fovea. A depression, like in the 

 middle of the upper surface of hind 

 wings of Tecophora Foma, from 

 which peculiarity it has derived its 

 name. 



Frenulum. A strong nerve or bristle, 

 emanating from the costa of hind 

 wing near the root. This is only 

 found in such Lepidoptera as fold 

 their wings while at rest, like the 

 Catocalae and other Noctuae ; in 

 the male it is single, in the female 

 double or bifid. Vide PI. 1, f. X, d. 



Fringe, 



Fringes. 



Fuliginous, Sooty, dusky, smoke- 

 coloured. 



Fulvous. Brownish-yellow, tawney. 



Furcate, \ -^ 



P. . * > r orked. 



Furcated, j 



Fuscous. Blackish brown. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped, tapering 

 at both ends ; thus, fusiform an- 

 tennae are antennae which are thick- 

 est near the middle. 



Gamma. The third letter in the 

 Greek alphabet. A silver spot in 

 the shape of a gamma adorns the 

 upper wings of several noctuae, 

 among them Plasia Gamma, L., 

 which has very appropriately re- 

 ceived its name from that circum- 

 stance. 



Ganglion. PL Ganglia. Centres of 

 the nervous system, from which are 

 thrown off the various nerves. 



Geminate. Twin, in pairs; as gemi- 

 nate spots are two spots nearly alike 

 in size, and close together. 



Generation. Brood. 



Generatio prima. First or spring 

 brood . 



Generatio secunda. Second or summer 

 generation or brood. 



