30 EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



Conjunctiva: the membrane uniting the abdominal sclerites. 



Conjunctivus: a mandibular sclerite between the molar and basalis. 



Conjunctura: the articulation of a wing to the thorax. 



Connate: united at base, or along the whole length. 



Connexivum: the prominent abdominal margin of Het., at junction of dorsal 



and ventral plates : also used like pulmonarium, q. v. 

 Connivent: converging: approaching together: wings so folded in repose 



that they unite perfectly at their corresponding margins. 

 Consperse: irregularly dotted or sprinkled. 

 Conspicuous: striking: easily seen at a glance. 

 Conspurcatus: confusedly sprinkled with discolored or dark spots. 

 Constituent: a part, or element of a whole. 



Constricted: drawn in: narrowed medially and dilated toward the extremi- 

 ties. 



Contiguous: so near together as to touch. 

 Contorted: twisted: obliquely incumbent upon each other. 

 Contour: the outline or periphery. 

 Contract -ed: to draw or drawn together: to reduce, or reduced in size by 



contraction. 

 Contractile: that which may be drawn together or contracted or which has 



the power of contracting. 

 Contrasting: appearing in sharp relief or contrast; as one color or marking 



against another. 



Converging: approaching each other toward the tip. 

 Convergence: the approaching or drawing together at tips. 

 Convex: the outer curved surface of a segment of a sphere; opposed to con- 

 cave : convex veins are those which occupy the summits of ridges on the 



upper surface of a wing; see concave veins. 

 Convolute: rolled or twisted spirally: also applied to wings when they are 



wrapped around the body. 

 Coprophagus: feeding on excrement or on decaying vegetable matter of an 



excrementitious character. 

 Copula, Copulation: the act of sexual union. 

 Copulate: to unite in sexual intercourse. 

 Copulation chamber: a chamber or cell excavated by certain Scolytid beetles 



in their burrows, in which copulation takes place : = rammel-kammer. 

 Coralline: a pale pinkish red [salmon]. 

 Corbel: an ovate area at the distal end of the tibia in Coleoptera, surrounded 



by a fringe of minute bristles ; when the articular cavity is on the side, 



above the tip, the corbel is closed ; when the cavity is at the extreme tip, 



the corbel is open. 

 Corbicula -um: a concave, smooth space, edged by a fringe of hairs arising 



from the margins of the posterior tibiae in bees, forming the pollen basket ; 



its function is to hold the collected pollen in place. 

 Corbiculate: having corbicula. 

 Cordate: heart-shaped; triangular, with the corners of the base rounded; 



not necessarily emarginate at the middle of base. 

 Cordiform: cordate. 



