GLOSSARY OP TERMS USED. 



Silicate. Grooved ; furrowed with broad, concave, parallel impressed lines. 

 tiideus. A furrow or groove. 

 . Over ; above. 



tal. Situated above the eye. 

 future. Tin 1 line of junction of the elytra. 



al. Evenly developed on both sides. 



. A name applied In a species or genus that lias been previously 

 described and named. 



Tarsal. Relating to the tarsi or feet. 



Tarxal lobes. Membranous appendages arising from the under side of the 



tarstil joints. 



Tarsus; pi.. Tarsi. The foot; see page 17. 



Tentacle. A flexible sensory or tactile process; in sonw cases retractile. 

 Terminal. Situated at the tip or extremity; opposed to basal. 

 Terrestrial. Living on or in the land: opposed to aquatic. 

 Testaeeous. Dull yellow brown. 

 Tctra. Fi ur ; a combining form. 

 Tlioracie. Belonging or attached to the th. rax. 

 Thora.r. The second or intermediate region of the insect body, bearing the 



true legs and wings; made up of three rings, named in order, pro-, 



nieso- and meta-thorax. 

 Tibia; pi.. Tibifr. See page 17. 



Tip. The extremity; the part furthest removed from the base. 

 Tomenloxc. Covered with fine hair, so matted together that particular hairs 



cannot be separated. 

 Tooth. An acute angulation; a short, pointed process from an appendage 



or margin. 

 Transition zone. The transcontinental belt in which the austral and boreal 



elements overlap. 

 Translucent. Semi-transparent; admitting the passage of light but not of 



vision. 



Transparent. So clear as not to obstruct vision. 

 Trunsrerse. When the longest diameter is across the body. 

 Trai>c:oii>aL A four-sided plane of which two sides are parallel and two 



are not. 



Tribe. A term of classification Less than a subfamily; usually ending in ////. 

 Triearinate. With three keels or cariiup. 

 Trififl. Cleft into three parts or ends. 

 TrorJianter. A segment, sometimes divided, between the coxa and femur. 



sometimes fused with the femur. 

 Troeliantin. The basal part of the trochanter when it is two-jointed; in 



Coleoptera, a piece often present on the outer side of and sometimes 



movable on the coxa. 

 Truncate. Cut off squarely at tip. 



Tubercle. A little solid pimple or small cbitinous button. 

 Tiiberenlatc. Formed like a tubercle; a surface covered \vith tubercles. 

 Type. A unique or single specimen selected from a series and labelled by 



the describer to represent his name and description. 

 Typical. The normal or usual form :!' a species: agreeing with the type 



form. 



