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Elongate. — More leiigtlioued than usual. 

 Elytra. — The ^^dng covers; the tegmina. 

 Emarginate, emargination. — Edged; notched; terminating in an acute 



notch at tip. 

 Ensiform. — Sword-shaped; sharp on both edges and tapering to a 



point. 

 Exserted. — Protruding so as to be visible. 



Falcate. — Sickle-shaped; curved like a' sickle. 



Fastigium. — The extreme point of the front or vertex of the head. 



F-auna. — The aninuils of a locality. 



Femur, femora (pi.). — The thigh or thighs. 



Ferruginous. — Rust_y brown; brownish red with some yellow. 



Filiform. — Slender, thread-like. 



Fossorial. — Fit or used for digging or burrowing. 



Foveola. — A cavity or small depression. 



Front, frons — The upper forward part of the head. 



Frontal. — Relating to the front or face. 



Fuliginous. — 'Sooty; dark brown. 



Fulvous. — Tawny or light yellowish brown. 



Furcula. — ^The processes of the last abdominal segment of the male. 



Fuscous. — Dark brown. 



Fusiform. — Spindle-shaped. 



Gena. — Cheek. 



Gihhous. — Protuberant; swollen. 



Glabrous. — Smooth or polished, not hairy. 



Glaucous. — -Whitish-blue, inclining to gray. 



Globose. — Like a ball. 



Granulated. — Furnished with minute prominences like grains of sand. 



Griseous. — Light gray (white and black). 



Gula. — Throat, concave portion below the head. 



Habitat. — The place or region which an insect inhabits. 



Hemisphercial. — -Shaped like half a ball. 



Hexagonal. — Six sided. 



Hibernate. — To pass the winter in seclusion or sleep. 



Host. — The individual furnishing food to a parasite. 



Humeral. — Situated on or near a humerus or front corner of the 



thorax or wing cover. 

 Hyaline. — Transparent, with a greenish tinge. 



