GLOSSARY. 



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CAN'CEL-LATE. Crossed by lines 

 going at right angles to each 

 other; latticed. 



CAN'THTJS. The chitinous pro- 

 jection dividing the double 

 eyes of certain beetles (Ateu- 

 chus, Geotrupes, Gyriuus). 



CA'PI-TATE. Ending in a knob. 



CA-PIT'U-LUM. The knob of 

 club-shaped antennae. 



CAR'Do(Lat. cardo, a hinge). The 

 basal joint of the maxilla, sup- 

 porting the stipes. 



CA-RI'NA. An elevated keel- 

 like sharp ridge. 



CAR'PUS. The pterostigma of 

 dragon-flies. 



CAR'UN-CLE (Lat. caruncula, dim. 

 of cfiro, flesh). A naked, soft, 

 fleshy excrescence or protuber- 

 ance. 



CAL-CA'RI-TJM (Lat. calcar, a 

 spur). One of the spines on 

 an insect's foot. 



CELL'TJLE. A little area on the 

 wing surrounded by veins. 



CE-PHAL'IC. Relating to the 

 cephalum or head. 



CE-PHAL'O-MERE. A cephalic 

 segment of an Arthropod. 



CE-PHAL'O-SOME. The head of in- 

 sects, Arachnidaand Myriopoda. 



CER-CO'PO-DA (Gr. cercos, tail; 

 pous, podos, foot). The last 

 pair of jointed abdominal ap- 

 pendages of insects; the "cerci. " 



CHEEK. The space, in Diptera, 

 between the lower border of 

 the eye and the oral margin, 

 merging into the face in front, 

 and limited by the occipital 

 margin behind. (Williston.) 



CHE'LA. The terminal portion 

 of a limb with a movable 

 lateral part, like the claw of 

 a crab; as in the chelate maxilla 

 of the scorpion. 



CHI'TTN (Gr. chiton, a tunic). 

 The substance which forms 

 less than one half by weight 

 of the integument of insects, 

 and differing from horn in be- 

 ing insoluble in boiling liquor 

 potassse. 



CHIT'I-NOUS. Composed of chi- 

 tin; chitiuous color is amber- 

 yellow. 



CHO'RI-ON. The shell of the egg. 



CHRY'SA-LIS. The pupa of Le- 

 pidoptera. 



CHYLE (Gr. cJmlos, juice). The 

 milky fluid resulting from the 

 action of the digestive fluids on 

 the food or chyme. 



CHYME (Gr. chumos, juice). The 

 acid, partly fluid or partly 

 digested food, produced by the 

 action of the gastric juice on 

 the food. 



CIL'I-ATE. Fringed. 



CIL'I-UM (pi. cilia). Microscopic 

 filaments attached to cells, 

 usually within the body, and 

 moving usually rhythmically. 



CIN-E'RE-OUS. Ash color; color 

 of wood-ashes. 



CTNG'U-LA. A colored band. 



CLA'VATE. Club-shaped. 



CLAV'O-LA. The terminal divi- 

 sion of the antenna; the same 

 as flagellum. 



CO-ARC TATE. Contracted; ap- 

 plicable to the pupa-case or 

 puparium of Diptera. 



