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Carinate, keeled ; resembling a keel ; having a longitudinal pro- 

 minence like the keel of a boat. 



Carums, corroded, or having the appearance of being worm-eaten. 



Cameous, flesh-colored. 



Carpus, or puncturti, is at the extremity of the radius and cu- 

 bitus of the anterior wing ; this is the joint in the wing of 

 some insects, by means of which it is folded transversely : it 

 has been called stigma in the Neuroptera, and is often opake. 



Cartilaginous, of the consistence of cartilage or gristle. 



Caruncle, a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence. 



CatapTir acted, invested with a hard callous skin, or with scales 

 closely united. 



Caterpillar, the larva or eruca. 



Cauda, the tail: the posterior and terminal part of the abdomen; 

 an appendage of any kind terminating the abdomen is usually 

 called by this name. See anus. 



Caudate, generally applied to the posterior wings of Lepidop- 

 tera, to indicate tail-like projections or processes. 



Caudulse, tailets ; little tails. 



Cellule, a portion of the wing included between the nervures. See 

 radial cellule. 



Cernuous, bent ; the apex bent downward. See nutant. 



Cespitose, matted together. 



Cheek, the genu ; a portion of the head beneath the eyes on each 

 side. 



Chela, the terminal portion of a foot, which has a moveable 

 lateral toe like the claw of crab. 



Chrysalis, the second stage of the insect from the egg ; particu- 

 larly the second state of Lepidopterous insects, of which cater- 

 pillar or eruca is the first ; the pupa. 



Cicatrix, a scar ; an elevated, rigid spot. 



Ciliate, fringed ; set with parallel hairs, bristles, &c. 



Cinereous, ash-color ; gray tinged a little with blackish ; the color 

 of wood ashes. 



Cingida, a colored band. 



Circinal, spirally rolled inwards and downwards, as in the lingua 

 of Lepidoptera. 



Class, one of the principal divisions in a system or arrangement 

 of natural bodies. 



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