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Infericornia: Hemiptera; in which the antenna; appear to be inserted well 



down on the sides of head ; e. g., Lygceidce. 

 Inferior: beneath, below or behind : a term of position. 

 Inferior appendage -es: in male Odonata the lower one or two of the terminal 



abdominal parts used to clasp the female in copulation. 

 Inferior wings: = hind wings or secondaries; q. v. 

 Infero-posterior: below and behind: refers to location. 

 Inflated: blown up; distended bladder-like. 

 Inflected: bent inward at an angle. 

 Inflexus: = inflected. 



Infra: below or beneath: opposed to supra. 

 Infra-anal lobe: a thick, conical fleshy lobe, often ending in a chitinous point, 



situated beneath the vent in caterpillars. 

 Infra-cereal plates: in Orthoptera ; generally inconspicuous paired plates which 



underlie in part the cerci and in part the lateral portion of the supra- 

 anal plate. 

 Infra-clypeus: = ante-clypeus and rhinarium ; q. v. 

 Infracted: abruptly bent inward, as if broken. 

 Infra-genital: below the genital opening or process. 

 Infra-marginal: situated below or behind the marginal cell. 

 Infra-median vein; in Orthoptera : = ulnar vein: q. v. 

 Infra-ocular: applied to the region below and between the eyes. 

 Infra-oesophageal: situated below oesophagus; see sub-cesophageal. 

 Infra-stigmatal: situated below the stigmata or spiracles. 

 Infringing: encroaching upon. 

 Infumated: clouded. 

 Infundibulif orm : funnel-shaped. 



Infuscated: smoky gray-brown, with a blackish tinge [Roman sepia]. 

 Ingens: unusually large or disproportionate in size. 

 Ingluvies: the crop: q. v. 

 Inner lobe: of maxilla = lacinia ; q. v. 

 Inner margin: the line extending along the lower or interior edge of the wing 



from the base to the hind or anal angle. 

 Innervate: to supply with nerves. 

 Innotatus: without markings. 

 Inocular: inserted in the inner margin of and partially or wholly surrounded 



by the eye. 

 Inquiline: a species living in a gall or other structure prepared by a different 



species, not as a parasite but as a guest. 

 Inquilinous: living as guests in the homes of others; as in galls. 

 Insect: a member of the class Insecta strictly limited. 

 Insecta: broadly defined, contains all articulates that are also tracheates and 



have the head free from the thorax; more strictly limited to those forms 



that have only three pairs of thoracic legs in the adult stage and a limited 



number of segments. 

 Insectary: a place or building where insects are bred and studied. 

 Insectivorous: feeding upon or devouring insects. 



