1378 INDIANA COLEOPTERA. 



Serrate. -Saw-toothed, the teeth set toward one end. 



'.- -With numerous little saw teeth. 



; pi.. >s'rf'. A pointed bristle or long, stiff hair: slender, hair-like ap- 

 pendages. 



(iiis. Bristle-shaped : slender, gradually tapering to a tip. 

 Hctiftirni; In the form of a bristle or seta; when a slender, short bristle 

 arises from a thicker basal joint. 



Bearing seta* or bristles: e.g., punctures. 

 ri>. With a pointed tip or thin edge; opposed to blunt. 



r. Applied to lines and margins with an in and out curve. 

 riiiictitc. Truncated, with the margin sinuate. 

 A surface without elevations or indentations. 

 X/''/r.sv. Scattered; single hairs, scales or punctures set well apart. 

 N/KY'*r,v. An aggregation of individuals alike in appearance and structure, 

 mating freely and producing young that themselves mate freely and 

 bear fertile offspring resembling each other and their parents; a spe- 

 cies includes all its varieties and races. 



N/" '<-i/ic clHiractcr. A feature common to all individuals of a species, by 

 means of which they may be distinguished from all other individuals 

 of other species. 

 Kl>1ic>-'n-<il.- In the form of a sphere; a body in which all diameters are 



equal. 



Spindle-sliaped. Cylindrical, elongate, thicker in the middle, tapering to 

 each end : fusiform. 



. In the furm or shape of a spine. 

 Set with acute processes or spines. 

 X/>''H H/C.S'. Little spines. 



-l<\ A breathing pore; in the plural llu> lateral openings on the seg- 

 ments of the insect body through which air enters the trachea?. 

 r. A short, stiff, generally blunt process, usually not articulated at its 

 base. 

 Refers to the period of development; e.g.. larval, pupal, etc. 



i. The breast; the middle portion of the under surface of thorax 

 between the coxal cavities. 



u. The si tirades. 



<s'/ //(/,- pi., iS7r/'. A longitudinal depressed line or furrow, frequently punc- 

 tured. 



Marked with parallel, tine, impressed lines. 



. To make a creaking noise by rubbing together two ridged or 

 roughened surfaces. 



1 . A longitudinal streak of color different from the ground. 

 -lunt1<'. Somewhat thickened toward tip; but not quite club-shaped. 

 Knln'1/iHil.- Similar but not quite equal in size, form or other characters. 



A division of dassitication containing a group of closely allied 

 enera; different from other allied groups, yet not so as to make a 

 family series, ending in nut . 



l. An imaginary portion of a surface outside of the disk and 

 within the margin. 

 d. Nearly parallel. 

 Awl-shaped; linear at base, attenuate at tip. 





