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GLOSSARY. 



Ivfumated. Clouded. 



l)ij\i,iicated. Darkened with a bhickish 



tinge. 

 Interrupted. Suddenly stopped. 

 Involuted. Rolled inwards .spirally. 

 Irrorated. Freckled; sprinkled" with 



atoms. 



LanieUifnrm. Sheet or leaf-like. 

 Limbate. When a disk is suriounded by 



a margin of a difl'erent coloi-. 

 Lamina. A pLite or sheet-like piece. 

 Linear. Like a line. 

 Lineated. Provided with line like mark*. 



Mandihulate. Furnished with mandi- 

 bles; opposed to hansiellate. 



Margiaated. Surrounded by an elevated 

 or attenuated mar2;iu. 



Memhranaceotis. Thin ; skinny, and 

 semi-transparent like parchment. 



Mucronatc. Ending in a sharp point. 



Muiic. Unarnicil. 



\ynvph. Old name for pupa. 



Obcordate. Inversely heart-shaped. 



Obovate. Inversely ovate; the smaller 

 end turned towards the base. 



Obsolete. Not distinct; or almost lost to 

 view. 



Obtected. 



Ochreoits. 

 color. 



Olivaceous. Olive colored. 



Operculum. A lid ; a small valvular ap- 

 pendage. 



Oval. Egg-shaped. 



Ovate. JMore oi' less oval. 



Oriposition. The act of depositing eggs. 



Petiolated. Supported on a stem. 

 Piceous. Pitchy, color of pitch; shining 



reddish black. 

 Pilose. Clothed w'ith pile, or dense 



<lown. 

 Process. A projection. 

 Produced. Drawn out; prolonged. 

 Pruinoae. Frosty. 

 Pseudnra. Uninipregnated eggs, which 



produce young, as in those laid by 



virgin A])hides. 

 Pubescent. Coated with very line hairs, 



or down. 

 Pulverulent. Dusty. 

 Punctured. Marked with numerous 



small impressed dots. 



linptariol. Adapted for seizing prey. 

 liecurved. Curved backwards. 

 lieniform. Kidney shaped. 



Covered. 

 Of a more or less deep ochre 



lieticnUited . Marked like net work. 

 Htvulute. Rolled backwards. 

 lio.strnm. The beak or sucking mouth- 

 parts in Hemiptera. 

 liufescent. Somewhat reddish. 

 litijous. Ileduish. 

 llugose. Wrinkled. 



Sanffuincous. Blood-red. 



Sc^ibrous. Rough like a lile; with small 

 raised dots. 



Scalloped. Edge marked by rounded 



hollows, without intervening angles 

 I Sericanis. Having the surface with a 

 hilklike gloss, usually from the pres- 

 ence of n)inute, densehairs. 



.Serrated. Like saw-teeth. 



Setaceous. Bristle-like. 



Sessile. Not stalked. 



Sinuated. Scooped out. 



Spinous. Armed with spines. 



Sjmi-s. Stiff bristles, or spines, on the 

 tibia. 



Stria. Aline usually depressed; some- 

 times composed of "punctures. 



Subadiincate. Somewhat hooked or 

 curved. 



Subulate. Shaped like an awl. 



Sulcate. With groove-like excavations. 



Suture. A seam, or imi)ressed line;^ 

 usually between segments. 

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Tawny. Fulvous; a pale dirty yellow. 



Teneral. A state of the imago "(Neurop- 

 tera) after exclusion from the pupa, in 

 which it has not full}^ comiileted its 

 coloring, clothing, etc. 



Tes!<eUate. Spotted like a checker-hoard. 



Testaceous. Dull red; brick color. 



Toimntose. Covered with line matted 

 hairs. 



Truncated. Cut squarely off. 



Tubercidose. Covered with tubercle-like 

 prominences. 



Uncinate. Hooked at the end. 

 Unequal. Differing in size, or length. 

 Unr/uiculate. Armed with a hook or nail. 



Valvule. A small valve-like process. 



Ventral. Relating to the under surface 

 of the abdomen . 



Verticillate. Placed in whirls. 



Vcrriculate. With thickset tufts of par- 

 allel hairs. 



J'errucose. Covered with wart-like 

 prominences. 



Villose. Clothed with soft, rather long 

 hairs. 



Vulva. Orifice of the oviduct. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Beauv., Beauvois. Boisd., Boisduval. Burm.. Burmeister. Clem., Clemens. 

 Dahlb., Dahlbom. Den., Dennis. Dej., Dcjean. Erich., Erichson. Esch., Escli- 

 oltz. Fabr., Fabricius. Frohl., Frohling. (irav., Gravenhorst. G. and R., Grote 

 and Robinson. Guen., Guenei>. Gyll., Gyllenhal. Hald., Haldeman. H. Sch., 

 Herrich-Scha offer. Hubn., Hiibner. " Latr.", l^atreille. Lee, Leconte. Linn., Lin- 

 naeus. JIann.. Mannerheim. Mels., ISfelsheimer. Oliv., Olivier. Pack., Packard. 

 Sanss , Snussiire. Schief., Schiefermiiller. Schonh., Schonherr. St. Farg., St, 

 Fargeau. T. Ilk , Tellkampf. Walk , Walker. (J. male; ?,fem;de; ?, worker. 



