GLOSSAKY. 



Acuminate. Ending in a proloui,'Cd ))oint. 



Anastomosinff. Inosculating or running 

 into eacli other like veins. 



Annulate. When a leg, antenna, etr;., is 

 suiTOunded by narrow rings of a dif- 

 ferent color. 



Apodous. Footless. 



Areolate. Furnislied with small areas; 

 like a net work. 



ArUtata. Furnished with a hair. 



Aurelia. Ancient term for pupa. 



Blantoderm. The primitive skin of the 

 embryo. 



lUantodermic cell.i. The cells forming 



the blastoderm. 

 linlUite. Blistered. 



Calcarated. Armed with spurs. 



Cancellate. Crossed by hues going at 

 right angles to each other. 



Capitate. Ending m a knob. 



Carina. An elevated keel-like ridge. 



Carpus. The pterjstigma. 



Cellule. A little space surrounded by 

 veins on the wing. 



Chela. Terminal portion of a foot, with 

 a movable lateral toe, like the claw of 

 a crab or mandibles of arachnids. 



Chryaalis. Tlie pupa of Lepiiloptera. 



Con'colorous. Of the same color with 

 another part. 



Ciliate. Fringed. [ashes. 



Cinereous. Ash color; color of wood 



Cinr/ula. A colored band. 



Chivate. Club-shaped. 



Conrctnte. Contracted; compact. 



Confluent. Running into each ottier. 



Connate. United. 



Cordate. Heart shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leather-like, thick, tough, 

 and somewhat rigid. 



Corneotis. Of a horny substance; re- 

 sembling horn. 



Crennte. Scalloped, with rounded teeth. 



Cupreous. Coppery in color. 



Dentated. Furnished with teeth. 



Dq>ressed. Flattened down. 



THlated. Widened, expanded. 



Dimidiate. Half round. 



niical. Relating to the disk; discoidal. 



Edentulous. Destitute of teeth. 



Kmarfiiniite. Notched; terminating in an 

 acute notch :U tip. 



Entire. (Wings) with a simple, not in- 

 dented, edge. 



Epistoma. That part of the face between 

 the front and labrum. 



iiruca. The larva. 



Excurved. Curved outwards. 

 Exserted. Protruded; opposed to in- 



closed. 

 Exiivia. Cast-oflF skin. 



Fades. Appearance, aspect. 



Falcate. Sickle-shaped. 



Fascia. A stripe Ijroader than a line. 



Fauna. An assemblage of animals peo- 

 ])ling a region or country. 



Fenestrated. Marked with transparent 

 spots yiiri'ounded by a darker color, 

 like window panes. 



Ferruginous. Rust-crdored. 



Filiform . Thread-like. 



Fla'vescent . Somewhat yellow. 



Flexiious. Almost zigzag. 



Foiiaceous. Leal-like. 



Foi-cipated. Forceps-like. 



Fovea. A more or less rounded depres- 

 sion. 



Free. Unrestrained in articulated move- 

 ment: not soldered at the points of 

 contact. 



Front. The fore-face, bounded by thr 

 eyes, the verte.x, and often beneath by 

 the epistoma, or clypeus. 



Fulifjidous. Of the color of dark smoke. 



Fulvo-wneous. Brazen, with a tinge of 

 brownish yellow. [deer. 



Fvlroiis. Tawny; color of the common 



Furcated. Forked. 



Fusco-iestaceous. Dull reddish brown. 



Fuscous. Dark brown; approaching 

 black. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped; gradually 

 tapering at each end. 



Ganglion. A centre of the nervous sys- 

 tem, containing nerve cells, and re- 

 ceiving and giving out impressions. 



Geminate. Arranged in pairs ; twin. 



Gemmiparous. Asexual generation by 

 new individuals arising as buds from 

 the body of the parent. 



Glabrous. Smooth; opposed to hairy, 

 downy, villous. 



Glaucous. Gray; bluish green. 



ITamule. A little hook. 



Hastate. Halberd shaped. 



Haustellate. Furnished with a proboscln 



or tonffue-like mouth. 

 Ffexapodous. Provided with six feet. 

 Hirsute. Clothed with sliaggy hairs. 

 Hyaline. Transparent; of the color of 



water. 

 Hi/postoma. The clypeus in diptera. 



Incrassated. Thickened ; swelled out on 

 some particular part. 



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