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tl. Multipartite (Multipartita). Divided into more 
\hsx\four parts. 
6. Lobate (Lobata). Divided to the middle into parts 
with convex margins, which recede from each 
other.— Ex. AcantMa paradoxa. Bilobate, with 
two lobes. Trilobate, with three lobes, &c. 
7. Cruciate {Cruciata). Divided to the middle into 
four opposite arms, the angles being either four 
right ones, or two obtuse and two acute.— Ex. 
Prothorax of many Locustcc. 
8. Sinuate (Sinuata). Having large curved breaks 
in the margin resembling bays. Plate XIV. 
Fig. 1. 
9. Erose (Erosa). Sinuate, with the sinuses cut out 
into smaller irregular notches as if gnawed.— Ex. 
Wings of Vanessa C. album. 
10. Crenate {Crenata). Cut into segments of small 
circles. 
11. Serrate (Serrata). Cut into teeth like a saw, with 
teeth whose sides are unequal.— Ex. External mar- 
gin near the Apex of the Elytra of many species of 
Buprestis. 
12. Dentate (Dentata). Cut into teeth, with teeth 
whose sides are equal or nearly so. — Ex. The 
Wings of many Butterjlies. 
13. Repand {Repanda). Cut into very slight sinua- 
tions, so as to run in a serpentine direction. Plate 
XXII. Fig. 11. s. 
XI. RAMIFICATION. 
1. Dichotomous (DicJwtoma). Dividing regularly in 
pairs, 
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