GLOSSARY. 



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SE-CU'RI-FORM. Hatchet-shaped; 

 dolabriform. 



SEP'TUM. A partition. 



SE-RIC'E-OUS. Having the sur- 

 face with a silk-like gloss, usu- 

 ally from the presence of mi- 

 nute, dense hairs. 



SER-RA'TED. Like the teeth of 

 a saw. 



SES'SILE. Having no stalk. 



SE-TA'CE-OUS (Lat. seta, a bristle). 

 Bristle-like. 



SE-TOSE'. Bristly; setous. 



SIN'U-AT-ED. Sinuous, winding; 

 with the edge scooped out. 



SO-MAT'IC. Relating to the body. 



SOM'ITE. A segment of a seg- 

 mented animal, such as a 

 worm. 



SPAT'U-LATE. Battle-door, or 

 spoon-shaped. 



SPER MA-THE'CA. The sac or 

 reservoir in the female con- 

 taining the spermatic particles. 



SPIN OSE'. Full of spines; spin- 

 ous. 



SPIR'A-CLE (Lat. spiro, I breathe). 

 The breathing-hole, or lateral 

 opening into the trachea. 



SPU'RI-OUS. Applied sometimes 

 to the clawless, rudimentary 

 feet of the Nymphalid butter- 

 flies. 



SQUA'MA. The small scale above 

 thehalteresof Muscids; tegula. 



SQUAM'U-LA. A very small, cor- 

 neous, concavo-convex scale, 

 covering the base of the fore 

 wings in some insects. (Say.) 



SQTJAR'ROSE. Scurfy; consist- 

 ing of rough scales spreading 

 every way. (Say.) 



STETH-ID'I-TJM. Antiquated 

 name for thorax. 



STIG'MA. A spiracle, or breath- 

 ing-hole; stigmntal, relating to 

 the stigma. 



STIG'MA-TA (Gr. stigma, a mark). 

 A synonym of spiracles. 



STI'PES. The second division of 

 the maxilla, articulated to the 

 cardo, and bearing the two 

 lobes and palpi. 



STI'PI-TATE. Supported on a 

 pedicle. 



STO-MO-D,E'UM. The primitive 

 mouth and oesophagus of the 

 embryo of worms and Arthro- 

 poda. 



STEEP-SIP'TE-RA (Gr. strephis, 

 a twist; pteron, wing). A 

 group of beetles whose minute 

 front wings appear as if 

 twisted. 



STRI'ATE. With more or less 

 parallel furrows, grooves, or 

 depressed lines; channelled. 



STRI'GA. A small, short, linear, 

 transverse line. 



STRI'GATE. With strigse. 



SUB. Somewhat; approximate 

 to; prefixed to many terms in 

 descriptive entomology. 



SUB-AD-UN'CATE. Somewhat 

 hooked or curved. 



SUB-E-ROD'ED. Somewhat in- 

 dented, but irregularly so. 



SUB-IM-A'GO. In May- flies, the 

 penultimate stage in those 

 which moult once after acquir- 

 ing their wings. Proiniago 

 (Lubbock). 



SUB-STIG'MA-TAL. Applied to a 

 line in caterpillars situated just 



