GLOSSARY. 



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ments of the abdomen in Dip- 

 tera. 

 HY-POS'TO-MA. The clypeus in 



Diptera. 



IM'A-GO. The final, or fourth, 

 winged and adult state of in- 

 sects. 



IN-CI'SURES. The sutures sepa- 

 rating the segments. 

 IN-CRASS' AT-ED. Rounded and 



somewhat swollen. 

 IN'FU-MAT-ED. Clouded. 

 IN-FUS'CAT-ED. Darkened, with 



a blackish tinge. 

 IN-GLU'VI-ES. The crop. 

 IN-STI'TI-A. A stria of equal 



breadth throughout. 

 IN-TEK-RUPT'ED. Suddenly 



stopped. 

 IN'VO-LUT-ED. Rolled inwards 



spirally. 



IR'RO-RAT-ED. Freckled; sprin- 

 kled with atoms. 

 LA-CIN'I-A (Lat. ladnia, a lappet). 

 The first or innermost division 

 of the maxilla. 



LA-CIN'I-ATE. Cut into sharp 

 lobes; jagged; toothed, as on 

 the inner edge of the lacinia. 

 LA-MEL'LI-FORM. Leaf-like. 

 LAM'I-NA. A plat or sheet-like 



piece. 



LAR'VA (Lat. larva, a mask). 



The second stage of the insect; 



a caterpillar, grub, or maggot. 



LAR'VI-FORM. Larva-shaped. 



LA-TE-RI'TI-OTJS. Brick color, 



inclining towards yellow. 

 LEG, FALSE. One of the abdom- 

 inal legs of a caterpillar. 

 LE'VT-GATE. With a smooth, 

 somewhat shining surface. 



LIG-NIV'O-ROTJS. Eating wood. 



LIG'U-LATE. Strap-shaped. 



LIM'BATE. When a disk is sur- 

 rounded by a margin of a dif- 

 ferent color. 



LIN'E-AR. Like a line, or thread- 

 like. 



LIN'E-AT-ED. Provided with 

 line-like marks. 



LO'RA. The submentum; small 

 corneous cords upon which the 

 base of the proboscis is seated. 

 (Say.) 



LU'MEN. The cavity of an organ. 



LU'NULE. A crescent-shaped fig- 

 ure or spot. 



MAC-RO-CH^E'T^;. Bristles, or 

 large stiff setae, on the thorax 

 and legs, never on the head, 

 of certain Diptera (Volucella, 

 etc.). (Williston.) 



MA-LI'PE DES. The fourth and 

 fifth pairs of head -appendages 

 of chilopod Myriopods. 



MAL-LOPH'A GA (Gr.maUos, wool; 

 phagein, to eat). The bird-lice, 

 a sub-order of Platyptera. 



MAN'DI-BLE (Lat. mando, to 

 chew). The first pair of mouth- 

 appendages. 



MAN-DIB'U-LATE. Provided with 

 mandibles. 



MAR'GIN-AT-ED. Surrounded by 

 an elevated or attenuated mar- 

 gin. 



MAX'IL-LA (Lat. maxilla, a jaw, 

 the dimin. of mala). The sec- 

 ond and third pairs of mouth- 

 appendages; the second pair 

 being united and usually called 

 the labium. 

 ME-CAP'TE-RA (Gr. mecas, long; 



