GLOSSARY. 193 



Mt'.\()sti'.r-)ni)n, tliat part <>1' tlu- breast to wliich the iiii<lille logs arc attachoil. See figure on page -Si. 

 Jlietaeternutn, thf hindcrinost section of the breast, to wliicb the himl logs are attaihed. See 



tigure on page 27. 

 Muidliform, like a string of beails. 

 Jfucronrt/c, tenninatefl abruptly in an ai-nte jioint. 

 Xecrophagous, feeding on dead animals or can-ion. 

 jVorwaJ, of the usual form, not exceptional. 

 <Ht, prefixed to a word reverses the position. 

 Olii-ardate, iuver.sely heart-shaped, that is, hcintsliiiped. %\ illi ibi- |Miini direeinl linwiiwaid <>i 



backward. 

 Obocate, inversely egg-shaped. See Obnudatc. 

 Obnolete. undeveloped, indistijiet. 

 Obtuse, blunt. 



(hxiput, the hinder part of the head. 

 Ocelli, the single eyes. See page 5. 

 Oeuli, the compound eyes. See page fi. 

 Orbicular, round and Hat, apjilied to a surface. 

 Oval, somewhat egg-shaped, but with the two ends alike. 

 Ovale, egg-shaped, one end being narrower than the other. 

 Oviduct, the instrument for depositing the eggs. 

 Ovum, plural ova, an egg. 



Palmate, hand-shaped, cut in about half way to the base, like the fingers of the hanil. 

 r<il/jus, plural palpi, little jointed appendages to the mouth. See pages lii and 27. 

 Parallel, having parallel sides of equal width throughout. 

 Parasitic, inhabiting another animal, or living at its expense. 

 Pectinate, comb-tt)othed. 

 Pectus, the breast. 



Peduncle, a stalk or petiole. * 



Pedunculated, attached at the end of a peduncle. 

 Pentameroics, having live joints in all the tarsi. 

 Penultimate, the last but one. 



Perfoliate, composed of transverse flattened joints, with the axi.s )ia8.sing through the center. 

 PHiolated. See pedunculated. 

 Piceous, pitch,-eolorcd, reddish black. 



Pilose, clothed with long flexible hairs. Compare with hirsute. 

 Poiaers, or haltcrcs. See page 13. 

 Proboscis, the sucker. 



PYocumbent^ lying flat. Compare with decumbent and Incumbent. 



Prostemum, the fore part of the breast, to which the anterior legs are attached. See page 27. 

 Pubescent, downy, coated with aluuist microscopically tine hair or down. 

 Punctured, marked with small impressed points or dots. 

 Pupa, an insect in the chrysalis state, or that following the larva. 

 Quadrate, square-shaped or nearly so. 

 Remote, standing far apart. 

 Reni/orm, kidney-shaped. 

 Reticulate, like net-work. 

 Rostrum, a beak, or prolongation of the head. 

 Ru/ous, light-reddish. 

 Rugose, wrinkled. 

 Rypopliagous, filth-eating. 

 Halient, projecting, prominent. 

 Saltatory, leaping. 



Scrobe, the furrow on the side of the rostrum of the snout-beetles for the reception of the auteuuaj. 

 Scutellum or Scntel, the top of the niesothorax, forming in the Coleoptera the small triangular piece 



between the bases of the elytra. 

 Securiform, hatchet-shapod, broadly triangular. 

 Sericeous, clothed with a tine silken pube.sceiu^e. See Pubescent. 

 Serrate, saw-toothed. Seepage 11. 

 ,Vc.«.si7«, attached by the whole width, not pedunculate. 

 Seta, a bristle. 

 Sttaceous, bristle-like, slender ami tapering. 



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