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single, sometimes paired : often used as synonymous with " glossa " and 

 " tongue " : corresponds to the united lacinia? of right and left maxillae : see 

 also elytral ligula. 



Ligulate: strap-shaped; linear, much longer than broad. 



Lilacinous: lilac-colored [lilac]. 



Limaciform: having the form of a Limax or slug; said of larvae. 



Limb: the circumference : the area surrounding the disc. 



Limbate: when a disc is surrounded by a margin of different color. 



Limbus: the area along the outer and posterior margin of wing beyond the 

 closed cells ; Homof tcra, Cicada. 



Limpid: clear and transparent: applied to wings and ornamentation. 



Line: a narrow streak or stripe: as a term of measurement, one-twelfth of 

 an inch ; commonly used by English and early American authors. 



Linea: a line or narrow stripe. 



Linear: straight; in the form of a right line. 



Lineate: marked with lines or streaks: lined. 



Lineolet: a delicate fine line. 



Lingua: the tongue; applied in Hymenoptera, to the ligula: in Lepidoptcra 

 and Diptera, to maxillary structures: has also been used for the hypopharynx, 

 and that use might be adopted : a median organ of the hypopharynx in 

 Aptcrygota. 



Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lcpidoptera: see glossa. 



Linguiform: tongue-shaped: linear, with the extremities obtusely rounded. 



Lingula: in Aleurodida, a more or less slender tongue or strap-shaped organ, 

 attached cephalad within the vasiform orifice : a term proposed by Leuckart 

 for the ligula of the bees. 



Lipochromus: without color. 



Lipoptera: = Mallophaga ; q. v. 



Literate: ornamented with characters like letters. 



Littoral: living along the sea-coast or in the shore debris: strictly, between 

 tide marks. 



Littoralia: Hetcroptcra that live in marshes. 



Litura: an indistinct spot, paler at its margin. 



Livid: yellowish gray with a violet tinge: greenish gray. 



Lobate-us: divided by deep, undulating and successive incisions. 



Lobe: any prominent rounded process or excrescence on a margin : specifically, 

 the rounded, tooth-like processes on the margin of the pygidium of the 

 Diaspincc : also applied to lateral expansions of the abdominal segments. 



Lobes: of the maxilla: see galea (outer) and lacinia (inner): of the mentum 

 in Coleoptera, are the lateral expansions shielding the base of the central 

 organs. 



Lobes of pronotum: in Orthoptera; the spaces or areas formed by three trans- 

 verse impressions on the pronotum : that which borders the head is the an- 

 terior lobe, the hindmost is the posterior lobe, those intervening are the 

 middle lobes. 



Lobiform: shaped like a lobe or rounded process. 



Lobulate: divided into, or with many small lobes or lobules. 



