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~Pagina superior, the upper surf;ice of a wing. 



Paleaceous, chaify. 



Pallide-flavens, pale or whitish yellow. 



Pallidus, of a pale cadaverous hue. 



Palma, palm; the basal tarsal joint of the anterior feet, some- 

 times furnished with striglUs. See manus. 



Palmate, hand-shaped ; cut down nearly half-way to the base 

 into subequal, oblong segments, leaving an entire space like 

 the palm of the hand. 



Palpi, articulated moveable filaments in the mouth of insects, 

 generally shorter than the antennas ; divided into 'lahial and 

 maxillary palpi. 



Pandnriform, fiddle-shaped ; oblong, broad at the two extremi- 

 ties, and contracted in the middle. 



Papilionaceous, butterfly-like. 



Papillary, having the apex semiglobular ; somewhat like a nip- 

 ple ; this term ought to be distinguished from verrxicose. 



Papillons, pimpled ; having the surface covered with raised dots 

 or pimples. See verrucosc. 



Pappus, down. 



Parallelogram, a quadrilateral, right-lined figure, whose oppo- 

 site sides are parallel and equal to each other. 



Parapleurum, that segment of the posfpectus, which is situated 

 one on each side of the acetalmlum, behind the scapula; in 

 some genera are two on each side ; they may be distinguished 

 into anterior and jwsfcrior. 



Parasitical, inhabiting another animal. 



Parietes, walls ; perpendicular sides of the honeycomb ; sides of 

 elevated bodies. 



Patulous, open; spreading. 



Pearlaceous, having the appearance of pearl. 



Pecten, in Hymenoptera, rigid, incurved setae which arm the ex- 

 terior margin of the upper part of the base of valvulx or 

 maxillae. 



Pectinate, comb-shaped ; cut into regular straight segments like 

 the teeth of a comb. See perfoliate, setaceous. 



Pectus, the anterior, inferior portion of the trunk, included, be- 

 tween the head and posfpectus. 



