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TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 



Sub-Costal. Near or below the costa. 



Sub-hyaline. Partly hyaline or trans- 



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parent. 



Sub-marginal. Near the margin. 



Sub-median. Below the middle of 

 the wing. 



Sub-quadrate. Nearly square. 



Sub-reniform, \ A spot below the 



Sub-reniform spot, j reniform on the 

 fore wings of the noctuae. 



Sub-terminal. Near the extremity or 

 end, as a sub-terminal joint is the 

 joint next to the last. 



Sub-terminal band. The band nearest 

 the last or marginal band, or near 

 without being on the margin. 



Suffused. Clouded or obscured with 

 a darker colour. 



Suffused variety. A variety or form 

 in which some one colour of the 

 wing has predominated and ob- 

 scured wholly or in part the other 

 colours, as in the instance of Argyn- 

 nis var. Ashtaroth, Pyrameis var. 

 Elymi, and others ; but it is a freak 

 of great rarity. 



Suite. A large number or line of one 

 species ; See series. 



Superiors, } Upper or fore- 



Superior wings. / wings, primaries. 

 Vide PI. 1, f. Ill and IX. 



Superior Surface. Upper side or sur- 



face. 



Suture. Indentation or joint between 



the segments. 



A different name given 

 Synonym. j to the same species. 

 Synonymous. Meaning the same ; as, 

 thus : " in Berks County, Pa., to be 

 a scientist is synonymous to being a 

 lunatic." 



Synopsis. A combined, condensed 

 description of all the families, gen- 

 era, etc., composing a whole order. 



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,', , > Plate ; table. 



Tabula, j 



Tail. An elongation of the exterior 



margin of hind wing. 

 Toiled. Provided with tail-like ap- 



pendages to the hind wings. 

 Tailless. Without tails. 



Tarsus. PL Tarsi. The foot ; the 

 fifth and last division of the leg. 

 Vide PI 1, f. Y, e. 



Tawny. Buff; greyish-yellow. 



Tegulce. Shoulder covers; Ptervgodes. 

 Vide PI. 1, f. II, 6, b. 



Tentacle. A process proceeding from 

 the head in some larva ; it is either 

 simple or branched. In the larva 

 of the Papilionidae it is Y-shaped, 

 and can be protruded or drawn en- 

 tirely in, at the pleasure of the 

 animal. 



Tentaculated. Provided with Tenta- 

 cles. 



Terminal. Belonging or pertaining to 

 the extremity or end. 



Terminal joint. The last joint as u ter- 

 minal joint of abdomen." 



Terminal segment. The last annula- 

 tion or joint. 



Terminal horn. A horn situate on the 

 top of the last segment in some 

 caterpillars. Sec Caudal horn. 



Tessellate, \ Checkered like a chess- 



Tessellated. J board. 



Thoracic. Belonging to the thorax, 



Thorax. The second great division 

 of the body, situate between the 

 head and abdomen. The legs are 

 attached to this part. Vide PI. 1, 

 f. I, B. 



Tibia. PI. Tibia-. The fourth joint of 

 the leg. Vide PI. 1, f. Y, d. 



Tips. The ends of the clubs of the 

 antennae. Vide PI. 1, f. VI, g. g. 



Tooth. A prominence on the exterior 

 margin of wings, generally a more 

 or less prolongation of the veins, 

 the hollow spaces between such 

 prominences are called emargina- 

 tions. 



Toothed. Provided with little pro- 

 jections. 



Trachea}. Air tubes ; respiratory 

 organs; these open by a number of 

 breathing holes, called Spiracles, in 

 the sides of the body of both larva 

 and perfect insect ; in the latter the 

 principal of these are situated in the 

 first abdominal segments and the 



