TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 



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thorax. In the larvae there is, on 



each side, one on each segment to 



the number often or eleven. 

 Transverse. Across the wing from 



costal 1o interior margin ; or, the 



body from side to side. 

 Transverse line. A line crossing the 



wing from costa to inner margin. 

 T. a. line, \ In the Cato- 



Transvcrse anterior line. J ealas, the 



line that divides the basal from the 



middle area on the fore wings. Vide 



PI. 1, f..IX, o. 



T. p. line, llntheCato- 



Transverse posterior line, j calas, the 



line that divides the median from 



the limbal or onter area on the fore 



wings. Vide PI. 1, f. IX, 6. 

 Tri-tailed. With three tails on the 



exterior margin of secondaries or 



hind wings. 

 Trochanter. The second joint of leg; 



it is between the coxa and femur. 



Vide PI 1, f. V, b. 



Truncate, \ Terminating abruptly, 

 Truncated. j as if cut squarely off. 

 Tubercles. Small wart-like projections. 

 Tuberculose. Covered more or less 



with tubercles. 



Type. \ The example or 



Type specimen, j specimen from which 



a species was first described. 

 Under surface. The under side, the 



inferior surface. 

 Undulate. Wavy, sinuous. 



Unguis. A claw. 



Unicolorous. Of one colour, as when 



an insect is all of one colour it is 



unicolorous. 

 Upper surface. Upper side, superior 



surface, the side exposed to view 



when the wings are spread. 

 I 7 ., ~") Species that from cli- 



Var., j mate, food or other influ- 



\'(i/-ietas ) ence, present differences 



Varieti/, 

 Variation 



n coour, shape or sze 

 from the typical form; 

 thus some butterflies that are tailed 

 in India and China are devoid of 

 those appendages in the Polynesian 

 Islands, and some that are pale col- 

 oured become darker as they occur 

 further northward. 



Veins. See nervures. 



Vein let*. See Nervules. 



V< nation. See Neuration. 



Ventral. Pertaining to the under side 

 of body or abdomen. 



Ventral band.^l A longitudinal band, 



Ventral line. > stripe or line on the 



Vcidi-dl xtripr. \ under side of the ab- 

 men. 



Verrucose. See tuberculose. 



Violaceous. Inclining to violet or 

 purple. 



Villose. Covered with long, soft hairs. 



Vitreous. Glassy; transparent. See 

 diaphanous. 



\ Male. 



?. Female. 



