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single, sometimes paired : often used as synonymous with " glossa " and 



" tongue " : corresponds to the united lacinije of right and left maxillse : see 



also elytral ligula. 

 Ligulate: strap-shaped; linear, much longer than broad. 

 Lilacinous: lilac-colored [lilac]. 



Limaciform: having the form of a Limax or slug: said of larvse. 

 Limb: the circumference: the area surrounding the disc. 

 Limbate: when a disc is surrounded by a margin of different color. 

 Limbus: the area along the outer and posterior margin of wing beyond the 



closed cells : Honicf tera. Cicada. 

 Limpid: clear and transparent: applied to wings and ornamentation. 

 Line: a narrow streak or stripe: as a term of measurement, one-twelfth of 



an inch ; commonly used by English and early American authors. 

 Linea: a line or narrow stripe. 

 Linear: straight; in the form of a right line. 

 Lineate: marked with lines or streaks: lined. 

 Lineolet: a delicate fine line. 

 Lingua: the tongue: applied in Hymenoptera, to the ligula: in Lepidopfera 



and Diptera. to maxillary structures : has also been used for the hypopharynx, 



and that use might be adopted : a median organ of the hypopharynx in 



Apterygota. 

 Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidopfera : see glossa. 

 Linguiform: tongue-shaped: linear, with the extremities obtusely rounded. 

 Lingula: in Ale\irodidcc, a more or less slender tongue or strap-shaped organ, 



attached cephalad within the vasiform orifice : a term proposed by Leuckart 



for the ligula of the bees. 

 Lipochromus: without color. 

 Lipoptera: = Mallophaga ; q. v. 

 Literate: ornamented with characters like letters. 

 Littoral: living along the sea-coast or in the shore debris: strictly, between 



tide marks. 

 Littoralia: Heteroptera that live in marshes. 

 Litura: an indistinct spot, paler at its margin. 

 Livid: yellowish gray with a violet tinge: greenish gray. 

 Lobate-us: divided by deep, undulating and successive incisions. 

 Lobe: any prominent rounded process or excrescence on a margin: specifically, 



the rounded, tooth-like processes on the margin of the pygidium of the 



Diaspince: also applied to lateral expansions of the abdominal segments. 

 Lobes: of the maxilla; see galea (outer) and lacinia (inner): of the mentum 



in Coleoptera, are the lateral expansions shielding the base of the central 



organs. 

 Lobes of pronotum: in Orthoptcra : the spaces or areas formed by three trans- 

 verse impressions on the pronotum : that which borders the head is the an- 

 terior lobe, the hindmost is the posterior lobe, those intervening are the 

 middle lobes. 

 Lobiform: shaped like a lobe or rounded process. 

 Lobulate: divided into, or with many small lobes or lobules. 



