25r) 



ftJansMoBi (plural Crang'lgn). A nervous mass or enlargement. 



Cieni^ni org'aBis. Those organs tbat participate in the act of reproduction ; when 



used in the present work, generally refers to the parts of the ovipositor. 

 Cribbou!^. Evenly and broadly convex. 

 CJIabrows. Smooth or polished. 

 Glancotis. A shining sea-green color. 



CrB'aniilated. Furnished with minute prominences like grains of sand. (See Rugose.) 

 Ilnb. Abbreviation of habitat. 



Habitat. The place or region which an insect inhabits. 

 ISt'DiBelytra. The upper wings ; the elytra. 



Hiiuaei'iiiii. The shoukler ; used in the present work to designate the lateral ridges 

 or angles of the pronotum, especially when they cannot properly be designated as 

 carina: 

 Humeral. At or pertaining to the humerus. 



Hyaline. Transparent; the color of water ; having a faint greenish tinge, which dis- 

 tinguishes it from pellucid, which has more of a whitish tinge, but the two are 

 often used as synonymous. 

 Iniag^o. The perfect insect, which has passed through the preparatory stages larva 



and pupa. 

 Iiumaciilate. Unspotted ; marked with neither spots nor dots. 

 Iinpres!>iion*!). Used as equivalent to incisions. 

 Incif^ioii. A sharp linear indenture. 

 luterno-nsedian nerve. (See page 19.) 



Interrupted. Suddenly stopped, or broken ; when used with reference to the car- 

 inte of the pronotum it signifies that they are not continuous, notched, disappear- 

 ing, or sub-obsolete at points. 

 Kiabial. Pertaining to the lips. 

 liabiuui. The lower lip. (See page 14.) 

 I^abruHi. The upper lip. (See page 13.) 



Iianiinate. Provided with a thin plate-like expansion of the margin. 

 Lianeeolate. Spear-shaped. 



liarva (plural I^arvae). The insect in its first stage after its exclusion from the egg. 

 Iiateral. At or pertaining to the side. 



Liaf eral carlnae. Of the face (see page 13) ; of the pronotum (see page 15). 

 I^ateral lobes. The lateral lobes of the pronotum are the deflexed portions that 

 cover the sides of the thorax, extending from the lateral carince to the lower mar- 

 gins. 

 Ijaterally. Toward the side; sideways. 

 Ijinear. Shaped like a line ; very narrow. 

 l<unar-!«SBaped. In the form of a half-moou. 

 liUrid. Bright colors obscured. 

 Maculate. Spotted. 



Mandibles. The corneous, biting-jaws immediately below the lahrum. (See page 11.) 

 Marg'ineil. Provided with a slightly-elevated or swollen margin. 

 Manilla'. The lower or anterior jaws. (See page 14.) 



MnsiBlary palpa. The jointed appendages attached to the j«a.ri;Za>. (See page 14.) 

 Median or Medial. Occupj'ing the middle. 



Mesonotuna. Tl>e upper or dorsal surface of the mesotliorax. (See page 15.) 

 MesostersBEissa. The under surliice of the mcsoihorax. (See page 15.) 



