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single, sometimes paired: often used as synonymous with " glossa " and 

 " tongue " : corresponds to the united lacinise of right and left maxillae : 

 see also elytral ligula. 



Ligulate: strap-shaped; linear, much longer than broad. 



Lilacinous: lilac-colored [lilac]. 



Limaciform: having the form of a Limax or slug; said of larvae. 



Limb: the circumference: the area surrounding the disc. 



Limbate: when a disc is surrounded by a margin of different color. 



Limbus: the area along the outer and posterior margin of wing beyond the 

 closed cells ; Homoptcra, Cicada. 



Limpid: clear and transparent: applied to wings and ornamentation. 



Line: a narrow streak or stripe: as a term of measurement, one-twelfth of 

 an inch ; commonly used by English and early American authors. 



Linea: a line or narrow stripe. 



Linear: straight; in the form of a right line. 



Lineate: marked with lines or streaks: lined. 



Lineolet: a delicate fine line. 



Lingua: the tongue; applied in Hymcnoptcra to the ligula: in Lepidoptera 

 and Dipt era, to maxillary structures : has also been used for the hypo- 

 pharynx, and that use might be adopted : a median organ of the hypo- 

 pharynx in Apterygota. 



Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidoptera: see glossa. 



Linguiform: tongue-shaped: linear, with the extremities obtusely rounded. 



Lingula: in Alcurodidcc, a more or less slender tongue or strap-shaped organ, 

 attached cephalad within the vasiform orifice : a term proposed by Leuckart 

 for the ligula of the bees. 



Lipochromus: without color. 



Lipoptera : = Mallophaga ; q. v. 



Literate: ornamented with characters like letters. 



Littoral: living along the sea-coast or in the shore debris: strictly, between 

 tide marks. 



Littoralia: Hcteroptcra that live in marshes. 



Litura: an indistinct spot, paler at its margin. 



Livid: yellowish gray with a violet tinge: greenish gray. 



Lobate-us: divided by deep, undulating and successive incisions. 



Lobe: any prominent rounded process or excrescence on a margin: specifi- 

 cally, the rounded, tooth-like processes on the margin of the pygidium of 

 the Diaspincc: also applied to lateral expansions of the abdominal seg- 

 ments. 



Lobes: of the maxilla; see galea (outer) and lacinia (inner) : of the mentum 

 in Coleoptera, are the lateral expansions shielding the base of the central 

 organs. 



Lobes of pronotum: in Orthoptcra; the spaces or areas formed by three 

 transverse impressions on the pronotum : that which borders the head is 

 the anterior lobe, the hindmost is the posterior lobe, those intervening are 

 the middle lobes. 



Lobiform: shaped like a lobe or rounded process. 



Lobulate: divided into, or with many small lobes or lobules. 



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