GLOSSARY. 



Acuminnte. Ending in a prolonged point. 

 Anastomosinu InosL-ul:iting or running 



into each other like veins. 

 Annulate. Wlien a leg, antenna, et2., is 



surrouuflerl by narrow rings of a dii- 



fer<»nt color. 

 Apodnus. Footless. 

 Areoldte. Ftirnislied with small areas, 



like a net work. . 



Arisinte. Furnished with a hair. 

 Aurelia. Amiient term for pupa. 



Blastoderm. The primitive skin of the 



ni^toda-mic. cells. The ceUs forming 



the blastoderm. 

 Bidlatc. Blistered. 



CnJcarnted. Armed with spurs. 

 Cancellate. Crossed by lines going at 



right angle-! to e:ich other. 

 Capitate. Ending in a knob. 

 Carina. An elevated keel-like ridge. 

 Carpus. The ptenstigma. 

 Cellule. A little space surrounded by 

 veins on the wing. , ^ » .^ 



Chela. Teriniu il itortion of a foot, Witti 

 a movable lateral toe, like the c-law ot 

 a crab or mandibles of arachnids. 

 Chrysalis. The pupa of Lepidoptera. 

 Concolorons. Of the same color with 



another iiart. 

 Cilinte. Fringed. [ashes. 



Cinereous. Ash color; color of wood 

 Ciiir/ula. A colored bind. 

 Cldvate. Club-shaped. 

 Coarctate. Contracted; compact. 

 Confluent. Running into each other. 

 Connate. United. 

 Cordate. Heart shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Leatlier-like, thick, tough, 



and somewhat riirid. 

 Corneous. Of a horny substance; re- 

 sembling horn. 

 Crennte. Scalloped, with rounded teeth. 

 Cupreous. Coppery in color. 



Dentated. Furnished with teeth. 



Depressed. Flattened down. 



Dilated. Widened, expanded. 



Dimidiate. Half round. 



Discal. Relating to the disk; discoidal. 



Edentulous. Destitute of teeth. 



Eniarr/inate. Notched; terminating in an 

 acute not''h at tip. 



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

 dented, edge. 



Epistom 7. That part of the face between 

 the front and labrum. 



i^ruca. The larva. 



Excurved. CuiTcd outwards. . 



Exserted. Protruded; opposed to in. 



closed. 

 Exiivia. Cast-off skin. 



Fades. Appearance, aspect. 

 Falcate. Sickle-shaped. 

 Fascia. A strii)e Viroader than a line. 

 Fauna. An assemblage of amnials peo- 

 pling a region or count: v. 

 Fenestrated. Marked with transparent 

 spots i-urroiinded by a darker color, 

 like window i>anes. 

 Ferruginous. Ru>t-colored. 

 Filiform. Thread-like. 

 Flavescent. Somewhat yellow. 

 FlexKous. Almost zigzag. 

 Foliaceous. Leaf-like. 

 Forcipatcd. Forceps-like. 

 Fovea. A more or less rounded depres- 

 sion. 

 Free Unrestrained m articulated move- 

 ment; not soldered at the points of 

 contact. T , , .1 „ 



Front. The fore-face, bounded by the 

 eyes, the vertex, and often beneath liy 

 the cpistoma, or clypeus. 

 Fuliainous. Of the color of dark smoke. 

 Fulro-reneous. Brazen, with a tinge ot 

 brownish yellow. Ideer. 



Fulvous. Tawny ; color of the common 

 Furcated. Forked. 



Fu.sco-tcstaceous. Dull reddish brown. 

 Fuscotis. Dark brown; approaching 



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. 



Cleminate. Arranged in pairs; twin. 



Gemmiparous. Asexual generation by 

 new individuals arising as buds from 

 the bodv of the parent. 



Glabrous! Smooth; opposed to hairy, 

 downv, villous. 



Glaucous. Gray ; bluish green. 



Hamule. A little hook. 



Hastate. Halberd shaped. 



Hanstellnte. Furnished with a proboscis 



or ton sue-like mouth. 

 Hexapodous. Provided with six feet. 

 Hirsute. Clothed with shaggy hairs. 

 Hyaline. Transparent; of the color of 



"water. 

 Hypostoma. The clypeus m diptera. 



Incrassated. Thickened; swelled out on 

 some particular part. 



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