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Glomerate, congregated. 



Glutinous, slimy, viscid. 



Gracile, slender. 



Granulated, covered with small grains. 



Gregarious, living in society, as many of the larvae of Lepidop- 

 tera that fabricate a common web. 



Griseus, light gray. 



Grub, the larva ; generally applied to the immature Scarabseus. 



Gula, concave portion beneath the head, between the base of the 

 mentum and the Jugulum. 



Gynincpterse, membranaceous and transparent wings without 

 scales. 



H. 



Habit, or habitus, the port or aspect ; used comparatively to ex- 

 press a resemblance in general appearance, apart from more 

 important markings derived from organization. 



Habitation, or habitat, a situation or locality frequented by 

 insects. 



Haletres, the poisers, capitate moveable filaments, in the Diptera, 

 situated one on each side of the thorax, substituted for the in- 

 ferior wings, and often covered by the scale; they are said to 

 be naked when destitute of the scale. 



Harmdi, minute hooks in Hymenoptera, situated on the anterior 

 margin of the under wing, they lay hold of the hind margin of 

 the upper wing. 



Hamus, a hooked process, covered with scales, situated under 

 the upper wings near the base, in the males of many of the 

 Lepidoptera, receiving a bristle (tendo) from the lower wing ; 

 the hannis is never present in females. 



Hand, the manus. 



Hastate, halhert-shai^ed ; resembling the head of a halbert; ex- 

 cavated at the base and sides, but with spreading lobes or 

 angles. 



Haustellum, the sucker ; it is formed by the assemblage of in- 

 flexible setae, and inclosed in a rostellum or proboscis. See 

 lingida. 



Head, the anterior portion of the body, connected at base with 

 the anterior portion of the stethidium; it includes occiput, 

 face, gena, mouth, gtda, jugulum, and antennx. 



