GLOSSARY. 769 



Filiform. Slender, thread-like. 



Fossorial. Fit or used for digging or burrowing. 



Fovcola. A cavity or small depression. 



Front, frons. Upper forward part of tlie head. 



Frontal. Relating to the front or face. 



Fuliginous. Sooty: dark brmvn. 



Fulvous. Tawny or light yellowish brown. 



l~'iir<-ula. Processes of the last dorsal abdominal segment of male. 



I-'tiNratis. Dark brown, approaching hlack. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped. 



Geopliilous. Living on the ground. 



<lil> ho us. Protuberant: swollen. 



Glabrous. Smooth or polished, not hairy. 



Glaucous. Whitish-blue, inclining to gray. 



Granulated. Furnished with minute prominences like grains of sand. 



Gregarious. Living in societies or communities, but not social. 



Griseous. Light gray (white and black). 



Habitat. The place or region which an insect inhabits. 



Halopliilous. Salt-loving. 



Hexagonal. Six sided. 



Hibernate. To pass the winter in a dormant state. 



Host. The individual furnishing food to a parasite. 



Humeral. Situated on or near a humerus or front angle of the tegmen. 



Hyaline. Transparent, with a greenish tinge. 



Hygrophilous. Living in wet places. 



Imago. An adult or winged insect. 



Immaculate. Not marked; unspotted. 



Incised. Notched or deeply cut into. 



I n f u seated. Smoky gray-brown, with a blackish tinge. 



Integument. Outer covering, skin. 



Intercalary vein. See p. 19. 



Interociilar. Between the eyes. 



Interrupted. Suddenly stopped or broken. 



Lanceolate. Lance-shaped. 



Linear. Very slender. 



Longitudinal. Lengthwise. 



Luteous. Pale clay yellow r . 



Maculate. Spotted, marked with spots. 



Mandibles. Hard and horny jaw r s. 



Marginal. Situated on or near the margin. 



Median. Occupying the middle. 



Membrane, membranous. A thin tissue; consisting of a thin tissue. 



Mesonotum. Upper or dorsal surface of the mesothorax. 



Mesosternum. Under surface of the mesothorax. 



Mesothorax. Middle part of thorax, to which the tegmina and middle pair 



of legs are attached. 



Metamorphosis. Changes an insect undergoes before reaching maturity. 

 Mctanotum. The upper or dorsal surface of the metathorax. 

 Metathorax. The hind part of the thorax to which the wings and hind pair 



of legs are attached. 



Metazona. The hind dorsal part of the pronotum. 

 Millimeter (mm.). The thousandth part of a meter, equal to 0.03937 of an 



inch. 



Nebulous. Clouded; with uneven, cloudy markings. 

 Nerves.- The large ribs or veins of tegmina and wings, extending from 



the base toward the apex. 



Nervules. The smaller connecting veins of the tegmina and wings. 

 Nocturnal. Active at night. 

 NympJi. An immature insect, active and feeding in the larval and pupal 



stages. 



Obconic. Conical, with the vertex pointing downward. 

 Oblique. Slanting: any direction between perpendicular and horizontal. 

 Oblong. Longer than broad. 

 Obovate. Inversely egg-shaped; the narrow end downward. 



