GLOSSARY. 



AP-PEN-DIC'U-LATE. Where the 

 joints of the antennae have 

 articulated appendages. 



Ap'TE-Rous(Gr. a, without; pte- 

 nw, wing). Destitute of wings. 



A-RACH'NI-DA (Gr. arachne, a spi- 

 der). The class of Arthropods, 

 embracing the spiders, scor- 

 pions, and mites. 



A-RE'O-LA or A-RE'O-LET. One 

 of the little spaces into which 

 the wing is divided by the 

 veins or venules. 



A'RE-O-LATE. Furnished with 

 small areas; like a network. 



A-RIS'TA. In Diptera a slender 

 bristle situated upon the upper 

 border of the third joint, mi- 

 croscopically jointed near its 

 base. (Williston.) 



A-RIS'TATE. Furnished with a 

 hair, or arista. 



A-RO'LI-A. A plantula or climb- 

 ing cushion; one of the lobes 

 of the pulvillus. 



AR'THRO-MERE. (Gr. arthron, a 

 joint; meros, a part or segment) 

 A segment or ring of the body 

 of an Arthropod; somite. 



AR-THROP'O-DA (Gr. arthron, 

 joint; pous, podos, foot). That 

 branch or sub-kingdom em- 

 bracing the Crustacea, Podo- 

 stornata(Merostomataand Trilo- 

 bita), Arachnida, Myriopoda, 

 and Insecta. 



A-&EX'U-AL. Applied to animals, 

 especially insects, in which the 

 ovaries or reproductive organs 

 are imperfectly developed; and 

 which produce eggs or young 

 by budding. 



AT'RO-PHIED. Wasted away, 



wanting, obsolete, aborted. 

 AU-RE'LI-A. Old term for the 



pupa of an insect. 

 B;-NO'PO-DA. The thoracic legs 



of insects. 



B^E'NO-SOME. The thorax of in- 

 sects. 

 BI'FID. Divided into two parts; 



forked. 



BLAS'TO-DERM (blastos, a bud or 

 sprout; derma, skin). The 

 outer layer of the germ-cells of 

 the embryo. 



BRA-CHY'CE-RA (Gr. brachus, 

 short; keras, horn). Applica- 

 ble to those Diptera ortfiorha- 

 pJia, having short, 3-jointed 

 antenna?. 



BRAN'CHI-A. A gill or respira- 

 tory organ of aquatic animals. 

 BRAN'CHI-AL. Relating to the 



gills or brauchiaB. 

 BUC'CAL. Relating to the mouth- 

 cavity; or rarely to the cheeks. 

 BUL'LATE. Blistered. 

 BTJR'SA. A wing-pouch in the 

 hind wings of males of cer- 

 tain caddis-flies, and in connec- 

 tion with a stalked pencil of 

 hairs. 

 CAL'CA-RA-TED. Armed with 



spurs. 

 C AL-LOS'I TY. A thickened spot ; 



a small knob. 



CA-LYP'TRA-TA (Gr. kaluptra, a 

 covering). Those flies (Mus- 

 cidse) which have tegulae or 

 membranous scales above the 

 halteres. 



CA-NAL-IC'TJ-LATE. Channelled; 

 excavated longitudinally. 



