GLOSSARY. 



AB-DO'MEN (Lat. abdo, to hide, 

 to conceal). The third or 

 hindennost division of the 

 body; the hind body. 



AB-ER'RANT. Departing from 

 the regular or normal type. 



A-BORT'ED. Obsolete or atro- 

 phied. 



A-CA-LYP'TRA-TA. Those flies 

 (Muscidae) in which the tegulae 

 are absent or rudimentary. 



A-CU'MI-NATE. Ending in a pro- 

 longed point. 



AGA-MO-GEN'E-SIS (Gr. a, with- 

 out; game, marriage; genesis, 

 birth). Reproduction without 

 fertilization by the male. 



AL'U-LA. The membranous flap 

 on the base of the wing itself 

 of flies. 



A-ME-TA'BO-LIC (Gr. a, without; 

 metabole, change). Referring 

 to insects and other animals 

 which do not undergo a meta- 

 morphosis. 



ANAL ANGLE. The hinder and 

 inner corner of a wing. 



A-NAL'o-GY(Gr. analogia, propor- 

 tion). The relation between 

 organs which differ in struc- 

 ture, but have a similar func- 

 tion; as the wings of insects 

 and birds. 



A-NAS-TO-MO'SING. Inosculating 

 or running into each other like 

 veins. 



AN-DRO-CO'NI-A (Gr. aner, gen. 

 andros, man ; konis, dust). 

 Small scales of various shapes 

 peculiar to many male butter- 

 flies. 



AN'NTJ-LATE. When a leg or 

 antenna is surrounded by nar- 

 row rings of a different color. 



AN-TE-CU'BI-TAL. Pertaining to 

 the space between the base of 

 the wing and the nodus, in 

 dragon-flies. 



AN-TE-HU'ME-RAL. Relating to 

 the space immediately before 

 the origin of the wings. 



AN-TI'GE-NY. Opposition or an- 

 tagonism of the sexes, embrac- 

 ing all forms of secondary 

 sexual diversity. 



A'PI-CAL. Relating to the apex 

 or top; in an insect's wing, 

 relating to the point farthest 

 from the insertion. 



APICAL SECTOR. One of the 

 longitudinal veins of the apex 

 of the wings, in dragon-flies. 



A-POD-EME'. An inwardly 

 directed process to which a 

 muscle is attached. 



A'PO-DOUS. Footless. 





