GLOSSARY OP TERMS USED. 1377 



I'rothora.r. The first thoracic ring or segment : bears the front legs but no 



wings; in this work referred to ;is "thorax" merely. 

 I'rninosc. Hoary; as if covered with a line frost or dust. 

 J'ulicsccnt. Downy; clothed with soft, short, line, closely set hair. 

 I'ltiictiitc. Set with impressed points or punctures. 

 I'uneture. An impression like that made hy a needle. 

 I'niictured. Marked with small impressed dots. 



I'IIIHI ; pi.. I'upce. The intermediate stage between larva and adult. 

 I'upatc. To become a pupa; the act of becoming a pupa. 

 1'ijtiidluiii. The last dorsal segment of abdomen left exposed by the elytra. 



Quadrate. Square or nearly so. 



Quadrilateral. Four-sided; formed or bounded by four lines. 



Raniifii. To branch out in every direction. 



Rapacious. Predatory; capturing and eating prey. 



Rare. Seldom seen or found. 



Rcctain/uhir. In the form of a right or rectangle. 



Recumbent. Lying down ; reclining. 



Incurred. Bowed backward. 



Reflected or reflexed. Angularly ben! backward. 



Remote. Further removed than distant. 



l\ <'ii if or in. Kidney-shaped. 



Rcnlrietcil. Confined to a limited area. 



Reticulate. -Like net-work. 



Retracted. Drawn back; opposed to prominent. 



Retractile. Capable of being drawn in or retracted. 



Rh<nnboi<lal. Having the form of a rhomb, or quadrangular figure having 



its four sides equal and its opposite lines parallel, with two opposite 



angles acute and two obtuse. 

 Rufous. Brick-red. 



Riianxc. Wrinkled; with irregular waved elevated lines. 

 KiiUiiloNC. Minutely wrinkled. 



Scabrosc. Rough like a file, with small raised points. 



Seape. The long basal joint of an elbowed antenna in Coleoptera. 



Semites. Grooves on the sides of the mandibles. 



Sculpture. The markings or pattern of impression or elevation on an ely- 

 tra or other body surface. 



Sculptured. A surface, when marked with elevations or depressions or 

 both, arranged in some definite manner. 



Scutcllum. The triangular piece between the elytra at base. 



Securiform. Triangular-compressed; like the blade of a hatchet. 



Hci/inent. A ring or division bounded by incisions or sutures. 



Semi. Half. 



Semicircular. Like the half of a circle. 



Senii-ciilimlricaL Like a groove or half a cylinder. 



Sequence. The order in which things follow. 



Series. A group of species, genera or families, arranged to show agreement 

 in a common character which is not of sufficient importance to war- 

 rant the next higher division. 



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