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GLOSSARY. 



Ivfamated. Clouded. 



Jiifuscated. Darkened with a blackish 



tiJge. 

 Intcrrtipted. Suddenly stopped. 

 Involuted. Rolled inwards spirally. 

 Irroraicd. Freckled; sprinkled with 



atoms. 



LamelUform. Sheet or leaf-like. 

 Limbaie. When a disk is surrounded by 



a margin of a different color. 

 Lamina. A pi ite or sheet-like piece. 

 Linear. Like a line. 

 Lineatcd. Provided with line-like marks. 



Mandibulate. Furnished with mandi- 

 bles; opposed to haustcllate. 



Marr/innted. Surrounded by an elevated 

 or attenuated margin. 



Memhranaceous. Thin; skinny, and 

 semi-transi>arent like parclnneiit. 



Mucronatc. Ending in a sharp point. 



Mutic. Unarmed. 



NytTvph. Old name for pupa. 



Obcordate. Inversely heart-shaped. 



Obovate. luverselj' ovate; the smaller 

 end turned towards the base. 



Obsolete. Not distinct; or almost lost to 

 view. 



Obtected. Covered. 



Ochreous. Of a more or less deep ochre 

 color. 



Olivaceous. Olive colored. 



Operculum. A lid ; a small valvular ap- 

 pendage. 



Oval. Egg-shaped. 



Ovate. More or less oval. 



Oviposition. The act of depositing eggs. 



Petiolated. Suppoi'ted on a stem. 

 Piceous. Pitchy, color of pitch; shining 



reddish black. 

 Pilose. Clothed Avith pile, or dense 



down. 

 Process. A projection. 

 J'roduced. Di'awn out; prolonged. 

 Pr7iino.se. Frosty. 

 Pseudova. Uninipregnated eggs, which 



jiroduce young, as in those laid by 



virgin Aphides. 

 Pubescent. Coated with very fine hairs, 



or down. 

 Pidverulent. Dusty. 

 Punctured. Marked with numerous 



small impressed dots. 



Poptorial. Adapted for seizing prey. 

 Recurved. Curved backwai'ds. 

 Reniform. Kidney shaped. 



Reticulated. Marked like net work, 

 Revohite. Rolled backwards. 

 Ro.siriim. Tiie beak or sucking month- 

 parts in Hemiptera. 

 Riifc.-icent. Somewhat reddish. 

 Rufous. RediUbh. 

 Rilyose. Wrinkled. 



Sanr/ui7ieous. Blood-red. 



Scabrous. Rough like a lilc; with small 

 raised dots. 



Scalloped. Edge marked by rounded 

 hollows, witliout intervening angles. 



Sericeous. Having the Mirlace with a 

 silk like gloss, ueually t'rum the pres- 

 ence of minute, dense" hairs. 



Serrated. Like saw-teetli. 



Setaceous. Bristle-like. 



Sessile. Not stalked. 



Sinuatcd. Scooj.cd out. 



Spinous. Armed with spines. 



Spurs. Stiff bristles, or spines, on the 

 tibiiB. 



Stria. Aline usually depressed; some- 

 times composed of pimi tui'es. 



Subaduncate. Somewhat hooked or 

 curved. 



Subulate. Shaped like an awl. 



Sulcate. With groove-like e.Ncavations. 



Sut7ire. A seam, or impressed line; 

 usually between segments. 



Taivvy. Fulvous; a pale dirty yellow. 

 Teneral. A state of the imago "(Xeurop- 



tera) after exclusion from tlie pupa, in 



Avhicli it has not Inlly completed its 



coloring, clothing, etc. 

 Tcssellate. Spotted like a checker-board. 

 Testaceous. Dull red; biick color. 

 Tomentose. Covered with line matted 



hairs. 

 Truncnted. Cut squarely off. 

 Tuberculose. Covered with tubercle-like 



prominences. 



Uncinate. Hooked at the end. 

 Uner/ual. Differing in size, or length. 

 Uvf/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. 



J'crriculate. With thickset tufts of par- 

 allel hairs. 



Vc)-7-ucose. 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., Dejean. Erich., Erichson. Esch., Esch- 

 oltz. Fabr., Fabricins. Frohl., Frohling. Grav., Gravenhorst. G. and R., Grote 

 and Robinson. Gucn., Guenee. Gyll., Gyllenhal. Hald., Haldeman. H. Sch., 

 Herrieh-Schaeffer. Hiibn, Hiihner. Latr., l>ntreille. Lee. Leconte. Linn., Lin- 

 naeus. Mann., ;Mannerheim. Mels., Melsheimcr. Oliv., Olivier. Pack., Packard. 

 Sauss., Saussure. Schief., Schieformiiller. SchOnh., Schonherr. St. Farg., St, 

 Fargeau. Tellk, Tcllkampf. Walk , Walker. (?,male; ?, female; ?, worker. 



