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GLOSSARY. 



under the row of stigmata or 

 spiracles. 

 SU'BU-LATE. Awl-shaped. 



SUC-CINC'TI (Lat. succinctus, 

 bound round). Those chrysa- 

 lids of butterflies which are 

 held in place by a silken cord 

 passing around the body. 



SUC-TO'KI- AL. Adapted for suck- 

 ing. 



SUL'CATE. With groove-like ex- 

 cavations. 



. SUS-PEN'SI (Lat. suspensus, sus- 

 pended). Those butterflies 

 whose chrysalids are suspend- 

 ed by the tail, i.e., cremaster, 

 head downward. 



SU'TURE. A seam or impressed 

 line between the bones of the 

 skull, or parts of the crust of 

 an Arthropod. 



SU-TU'RI FORM. Suture-shaped; 

 a suturiform articulation is 

 where a slight suture is visible, 

 as sometimes two abdominal 

 segments in Ichneumons are 

 soldered together without a 

 trace of a suture between them. 



TAC'TILE. Relating to the sense 

 of touch. 



T^E-NID'I-UM. The band or chiti- 

 nous fibre forming a part of 

 the so-called ''spiral thread" 

 of the tracheae of insects. 



TAW'NY. Fulvous; a pale, dirty 

 yellow. 



TEG 'MEN (Lat; tego, to cover). 

 Formerly applied to the fore 

 wings of Orthoptera, Cicada, 

 etc.; a wing-cover. 



TEG'U-LA. The broad covering 

 scale under the base of the 



wing in Diptera; some authors 

 call it squama; in Lepidoptera, 

 the shoulder-tippets, or pa- 

 tagium. 



TEL'SON (Gr. telson, from telos, 

 end). The rudimentary termi- 

 nal segment of the abdomen 

 of Arthropods, especially Crus- 

 tacea. 



TEN'E-RAL (Lat. tener, tender). 

 A state of the May-fly after 

 exclusion from the pupa, in 

 which it has not fully com- 

 pleted its coloring, clothing, 

 etc.; the subiruago. 

 TEN-TAC'TJ-LUM (Lat. tento, I 



touch)." A feeler or tentacle. 

 TEN-TO'RI UM. A chitinous 

 framework within the head, 

 upon which the brain rests, the 

 oesophagus passing upwards 

 between its anterior crura or 

 props. 



TE-RETE'. Nearly cylindrical. 

 TER'GUM (Lat. back). The dor- 

 sal region of Arthropods. 

 TES'SEL-LATE. Spotted like a 



checker-board. 

 TES-TA'CE-OUS. Dull red; brick 



color. 



THO'RAX (Gr. thorax, a breast, 

 plate). The middle region of 

 the body in insects and some 

 Crustacea. 



THY-SAN-TJ'RA. (Gr. tlmsanoi, 

 fringes; oura, tail). The low- 

 est order of insects. 

 TO-MEN-TOSE'. Covered with 



fine matted hairs. 

 TO-ROSE'. Protuberant; swell- 

 ing into knobs or tuberosi 

 ties. 



