BUTTERFLIES OF MONTANA. 1G3 



Glossary. 



Abbreviated, as applied in Biology, shorter than the ordinary type. 



Abdomen, the posterior part of the body. 



Aborted, imperfectly developed; redimentary. 



Aciculate, needle-shaped, more slender than subulate. 



Acuminate, terminating in a long tapering point. 



Albino, an animal or plant exhibiting an abnormal deficiency of coloring 



matter. 

 Alpine, as applied in Biology, inhabiting a mountain region above the 



limits of forest growth. 

 Anal, pertaining to the posterior part of the body. 

 Anal angle, the inner or posterior angle of the hind wings, next to the 



body. 

 Angulate, having angles. 

 Annulate, furnished with colored rings. 



Antennae, two articulated organs of sensation, situated on the head. 

 Anterior margin, the front margin if the wing; the costa. 

 Apex, that part of the wing which is farther from the body; the angle be- 

 tween the costa and the outer margin. 

 Ashen or ashy, ash-colored. 

 Aureus, golden yellow. 

 Basal, relating to the base. 



Base, as applied to a wing, that part which is joined to the body. 

 Bifid, cleft. 

 Bipupillate, applied to an ocellate spot having two pupils or dots within 



it of a different color from the rest of the spot. 

 Body, the three parts of an insect, head, thorax, abdomen. 

 Boreal, pertaining to the north. 

 Bronze, the color of old brass. 

 Buff, a brownish-yellow color. 

 Capillary, hair-like; long and slender, like a hair. 



Carinate, keeled; having a longitudinal prominence like the keel of a boat. 

 Caterpillar, the larva. 

 Cavdate, tailed: ^.generally applied to the posterior wings of Lepidoptera 



to indicate tail-like projections. 

 Cell, usually in Lepidoptera the space between the subcostal and median 



veins; the discal cell. 

 Chitine, the hard part on the outside of insects. 

 Chrysalis, the third stage of the insect, counting the egg one. 

 Ciliate, fringed. 

 Clavate, club-shaped. 

 Coalesce, to grow together or unite. 

 Collar, scales back of the head, forming more or less of a ring; the neck. 



