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GLOSSARY. 



the subcostal vein, the median 

 vein of Lepidoptera. 



RAP-TO'RI-AL. Adapted for seiz- 

 ing prey. 



RE-CLI'VATE. Curved in a con- 

 vex, then in a concave, line. 



RE CURV-ED. Curved backwards. 



REN'I-FORM. Kidney-shaped. 



RE-PAND'. Wavy; with alter- 

 nate segments of circles and 

 intervening angles. 



RE-TIC'TJ-LAT-ED. Marked like 

 network. 



RE TRORSE'. (Sinuate) pointing 

 backwards; (serrate) inversely 

 serrated. 



RE-TTJSE'. Ending in an obtuse 

 sinus or broad, shallow notch. 



REV-OLTJTE. Rolled backwards. 



RHAB'DI TES. The blade-like ele- 

 ments of the sting and oviposi- 

 tor of insects. 



RHO-PA-LO'CE-RA (Gr. rJwpalon, 

 a club; keras, horn). Those 

 Lepidoptera with club-shaped 

 antennae, i.e., the butterflies. 



RI-MOSE'. Full of cracks. 



RIN'GENT. Gaping. 



ROS'TRUM. A beak. 



RU-FES'CENT. Somewhat red- 

 dish. 



RU'FOUS. Reddish. 



RU-GOSE'. Wrinkled. 



RUN'CI-NATE. Notched ; cut into 

 several transverse, acute seg- 

 ments which point backwards. 

 (Say.) 



SAC'CATE. Gibbous, or inflated 

 towards one end. 



SAG'IT-TAL. Equivalent to lon- 

 gitudinal. 



SAN GUIN'E-OUS. Blood red. 



SCA'BROTJS. Rough like a file, 

 with small raised dots. 



SCAL'LOP-ED. Edge marked by 

 rounded hollows without inter- 

 vening angles. 



SCAL-PEL'LUS. One of the lancet- 

 like maxillae of flies. 



SCAPE. The basal joint of cer- 

 tain antennas (LeConte); usu- 

 ally applied to the three basal 

 joints, as in Hymenoptera, etc. ; 

 by some authors the second 

 auteuual joint. 



SCAP'U-LA. The shoulder-tippets, 

 patagia, or teguke, in Lepi- 

 doptera. 



SCLE'RITE. A single portion 

 of an insect's skin or integu- 

 ment, separated by suture from 

 the adjoining parts; the scu- 

 tum, scutellum, or sternum is 

 a sclerite. 



SCO'PA. The stout bristles on 

 the hind tibite of bees, aiding 

 in forming the corbicula. 



SCOP'U-LA. The bristles cover- 

 ing the inside of the plantse, 

 especially of the hind feet; 

 scopa of Schrank. (Say.) 



SCRO-BIC'U-LATE. Pitted; hav- 

 ing the surface covered with 

 hollows; favose. 



SCUTE. Applied to the dorsal 

 pieces in Myriopods. 



SE-BIF'IC. Oily; sebaceous. 



SEC'OND-A-RIES. The hind wings 

 of Lepidoptera. 



SEC'TORS. Longitudinal veins in 

 Odonata which strike the prin- 

 cipal veins at an angle, and 

 usually reach the apex or hind 

 margin of the whig. 



