22 EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



Carabidoid: applied to the second stage of a meloid larva, when it resembles 

 that of a Carabid. 



Carbonarius: coal black. 



Cardia: the gizzard; q. v. : also applied to the heart. 



Cardiac: belonging or relating to the heart. 



Cardiac valvule: see cesophageal valve. 



Cardinal cell: Odonata; see triangle. 



Cardioblasts: a string or row of cells in the embryo giving rise to the heart 

 or dorsal vessel. 



Cardio-coelom: that part of the ccelom that forms the pericardium. 



Cardio-coelomic: applied to the venous openings from the heart to the body 

 cavity. 



Cardo, pi. Cardines: the hinge or basal sclerite of the maxilla by means of 

 which it is jointed to the head. 



Carina-se: an elevated ridge or keel, not necessarily high or acute. 



Carinate: a surface having carinse. 



Carinula-ae: a little carina or keel-like ridge; specifically, the longitudinal 

 elevation on the middle of snout in Rhynchophora. 



Carinulate: a surface with small and rather numerous carinse. 



Cariose-ous: corroded; appearing as if worm-eaten. 



Carminate -ed: mixed or tinged with carmine. 



Carneous -eus: flesh-colored [salmon with a little carmine]. 



Carnivorous: a feeder upon flesh food. 



Carnose-us: of a soft, fleshy substance. 



Carolinian faunal area: that area of the upper austral zone comprising the 

 larger part of the Middle States (except the mountains), s. e. So. Dakota, 

 east. Nebraska, Kansas and part of Oklahoma; nearly all of Iowa, Mis- 

 souri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland and Delaware ; more than half of 

 West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and New Jersey and large areas in 

 Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Mich- 

 igan and South Ontario : extends along Atlantic Coast from near mouth 

 of Chesapeake Bay to Southern Connecticut and sends narrow arms up the 

 valleys of the Hudson and Connecticut. A narrow arm follows the east 

 shore of Lake Michigan to Grand Traverse Bay. 



Carpus: the pterostigma of Odonata: the extremity of the radius and cubitus 

 of the primaries : that point in the wings at which they are transversely 

 folded. 



Cartilaginous: of the consistency of cartilage or gristle. 



Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance. 



Caryophylleous: nut or clove brown [Indian red]. 



Castaneous: chestnut brown; bright red-brown [dragon's blood with a slight 

 admixture of vermilion]. 



Castes: the various forms or kinds of matured individuals among social in- 

 sects as workers, soldiers, queens, etc. 



Cataphracted: invested with a hard callous skin, or with scales closely 

 united. 



Catch: in Collembola, = tenaculum, q. v. 



Catenate: with longitudinal connected elevations like links in a chain. 



