58 EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



Glomerate: congregated or massed together. 



Glossa: the inner lobe of second maxilla, corresponding to the lacina of first 



maxilla : loosely used as a synonym for tongue : especially applied to the 



coiled structure of the Lepidoptera ; see also ligula. 

 Glossaritim: Diptcra; the labrum-epipharynx ; q. v. 

 Glossata: a Fabrician term for Lepidoptera. 

 Glossate: furnished with a spiral tongue. 

 Glossotheca: that part of the pupa which covers the tongue. 

 Glutinose -ous: slimy; viscid. 

 Gnathal: relating or pertaining to the jaws. 



Gnathite: a jaw or jaw-like appendage; in the plural, the mouth parts. 

 Gnathochilarium: a plate formed by the labial structures. 

 Gnathopoda: the arthropods: the first pair of legs; especially applied in 



crustaceans : mouth feet. 

 Goffered: a surface with regular impressions, closely set, and separated by 



narrow ridges : reticulated. 

 Gonapophyses: three pairs of processes in the Orthoptera, one arising from 



the eighth and two from the ninth abdominal segment on the ventral surface. 



They appear to ^ the rhabdites composing the ovipositor of other insects. 

 Gonyodon: a tooth-like articulated process at the apex of the femur in some 



Noctuidcr. 

 Gonytheca: articulating surface of femur to which the tibia is joined. 

 Gorgeret: the barbed sting of the honey bee. 

 Gracile: slender; graceful. 

 Gradate -im: one grade or step at a time: to arrange in a series: to blend so 



as to merge one into the other — e. g., colors. 

 Gradate veins: a transverse series of veins, each before or beyond the next. 

 Grammineus: grass-green [apple green]. 

 Granose: like a string of beads; monilifoim. 

 Granulated: covered with small grains. 

 Granule: a little grain or grain-like elevation. 



Granulose: roughened with granules or made up of distinct grains. 

 Gregarious: living in societies or communities; but not social. 

 Grege: raw silk, including the gummy outer layer, as spun by a caterpillar. 

 Gres: the gummy layer surrounding the silk thread spun by a caterpillar. 

 Gressorious -ial: with legs fitted for walking: in Lepidoptera ; the anterior 



legs aborted, the others fitted for walking. 

 Griscent: ashen gray. 



Griseus: light gray; a mixture of white and black [gray]. 

 Group: a division of classification used indefinitely for a series of allied 



si>ecics, genera or larger assemblages. 

 Grouped glands: see circumgenital glands. 

 Grub: an insect larva: a term loosely applied, but more specifically to larvae 



of Coleoptcra and Hymenoptera. 

 Guanin: a white amorphous compound which occurs in the transparent areas 



of some wings, giving a milky tinge, and is also found in the photogenic 



organs of Lampyrida : an excretory substance, composition CjHjNjO (von 



Furth). 



