10 EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



Antero-ventral: Dipt era; applied to leg bristles at the meeting of anterior 

 and ventral face. 



Anthobian: feeding on flowers; applied to certain lamellicorn Coleoptera in 

 which the labium extends beyond the mentum. 



Anthophila: Hymenoptera; species in which the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsus is dilated and pubescent ; the bees. 



Anthracine -us: coal black; black with a bluish tinge. 



Anti: over against; opposite; contrary: (prefix). 



Anticus : frontal ; belonging to or directed toward the front. 



Antigeny: opposition or antagonism of the sexes; embracing all forms of 

 secondary sexual diversity. 



Antinodal costal spaces: Odonata; the cells between costa and sub-costa, 

 from the base to the nodus; =antecubitals. 



Antisquama: Dipt era; the upper of the two alulae, which moves with the 

 wings ; = antitegula ; see also squama. 



Antitegula: see antisquama. 



Antlia: the spiral tongue or haustellum of Lepidoptera. 



Antliata : insects with a sucking mouth ; originally applied to Lepidoptera 

 and Dipt era, later and more specifically to Diptera. 



Antrorse -sum: directed toward the front. 



Anus: the end of the digestive tract, through which the food remnants are 

 passed : the posterior part of the individual : specifically, in Coccidcs, a 

 more or less circular opening on the dorsal surface of the pygidium, vary- 

 ing in location as regards the circumgenital gland orifices : = anal orifice. 



Aorta: the anterior, narrow part of the heart, opening into the head. 



Apex: that part of any joint or segment opposite the base by which it is 

 attached ; that point of a wing furthest removed from base or at the end 

 of the costal area. 



Aphaniptera : indistinctly winged ; see Siphonaptera. 



Aphideine: see aphidilutein. 



Aphidilutein: a yellowish fluid found in plant lice, changed to a rich violet 

 by alkaline reagents. 



Apical: at, near or pertaining to the apex; usually of a wing. 



Apical area: see petiolar area. 



Apical areas: apical cells in some Homoptera. 



Apical cell: a cell near or at the apex of a wing; in Hymenoptera (Nor- 

 ton) ; = medial (Comst.) ; outer apical celi = 2d medial 2 (Conist.) ; inner 

 apical cell = medial 3 (Comst.). 



Apical cells or cellules: Trichoptera; the series of cells along the outer 

 margin of wing from pterostigma to arculus. 



Apically: toward or directed toward the apex. 



Apical sector: one of the longitudinal veins in the apical part of wing of 

 Neuroptera. 



Apical transverse carina: Hymenoptera; crosses the metanotum behind mid- 

 dle and separates the median from the posterior cells or areas. 



Apiculis: an erect, fleshy, short point. 



Apiculate: covered with fleshy, short points. 



