TERMS AN1? ABBREVIATIONS. 



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Minor. Smaller; as in Asia-Minor, 

 smaller or lesser Asia. 



Moult. To cast off the skin ; this is 

 done by caterpillars a number of 

 times before the} 7 change into the 

 chrysalis, and in many instances each 

 successive moult results in great ! 

 difference in their appearance. 



MSS. Manuscript. Manuscript de- . 

 scription ; manuscript name; a! 

 name or description as yet unpub- i 

 lished. 



Mucronate. Terminating in a short, j 

 sharp process, as do the chrysalids \ 

 of Eacles Imperialis, Auisota Sena- \ 

 toria, etc. 



Mus. Museum. A collection. Ger- 

 man, Samiulung. 



Nacred. Having iridescent, prismatic 

 colours, like mother-of-pearl. 



Nervures. The main ribs or veins 

 that support the wings. 



Nervules. Branches of the nervures ; 

 small nervures ; vein lets. 



Neuration. Arrangement of the 

 nervures and nervules ; nervation ; 

 venation. 



Niger, *} 



Nigra, V Black. 



Nigrum. ) 



N. in litt., ) Manuscript names ; 



Nomen in litteris. ) unpublished names 

 names that have been only used in 

 correspondence, or in a private 

 collection, but not published, and 

 of course not valid. 



A7 '' [ Name. 

 Nomen. ) 



Nomenclature. The technical terms j 

 used in any particular branch of 

 science, or in any order, family or 

 group, etc., in any branch of science. 



Nov. sp. New species. 



N., } 



No., V Number. 



Nro. j 



Nymph. The old term for pupa. 



Obconic. Conical, but with the point 

 reversed ; inversely conical. 



Oblique. Slanting; diagonal to longi- 

 tudinal and transverse. 



Obliterate. Very faint. 



Obscurus, ^ 



Obscura, > Obscure; dusky. 



Obscurum. ) 



Obsolete, } Wanting, or scarcely 



Obsolescent, j discernable; obscured. 



Obtuse. Blunted at extremity. 



Occiput. The base or hind part of the 

 head. 



Occipital. Pertaining to the back of 

 the head. 



Ocelli. Simple eyes situated in the 

 rear of the large, compound eyes. 



Ocellus. An eye-like spot, like on the 

 hind wings of Smeriathus Ocellata, 

 8. Exccecata and Hupercheria Varia. 



Ocellated. Marked with an eye-like 

 spot, formed of concentric rings of 

 various colours. 



Ochraceous. Color of ochre or yellow 

 clay. 



Oculi. Large, round, compound eyes, 

 occupying a large portion of the 

 front part of the head. 



Olivaceous. Olive colour ; a sort of 

 greenish-brown, remarkable only 

 for ugliness. 



Omnis. All. 



Onisciform. Shaped like a wood- 

 louse, as are many of the larvae of 

 the Lycaenidae. 



Orbicular, \ In the Noctuae, a 



Orbicular spot, j round spot in the 

 median cell of the fore wings, in- 

 terior to the reniform. 



Original form. The parent form ; 

 stem form, from which aberrant or 

 variable types may, in time, be 

 developed. 



Original type. The example or speci- 

 men from which a species was first 

 described. 



Oval, "I 



i Egg-shaped. 

 Ovoid, 



Ovoidal. } 



Ovipositor. The organ used by insects 



for depositing their eggs. 

 Oviposition. Depositing of eggs. 

 Ovum. PI. Ova. Egg. 

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