﻿TERMS USED IN DESCRIPTIONS OF COLEOPTERA. 19 



Normal. Usual or natural. 



Ob-, in composition^ means reversed, the thickest part 

 in front. 



Obsolete. Indistinct. 



Ocellus. An eye-like spot. 



Ocelli. Small eyes, usually on the top of the head. 



Ocellated. Marked with spots having a round centre 

 and a lighter-coloured outer ring. 



Ochraceous. Brownish-yellow. 



Ovate. Egg-shaped. 



Palmate. Widened and divided like the hand. 



Patella. A little cup. 



Pectinate. Toothed like a comb. 



Phytophagous. Plant-feeding. 



Pilose. Hairy. 



Pitchy. Brown with a tinge of black. 



Pubescent. Downy. 



Punctate. Impressed with punctures. 



Puncture [or Punctuation) . A small depression in the 

 surface, often round. 



Pygidium. The end of the body, containing the genera- 

 tive organs, usually not covered by the wing-cases. 



Quadrate. Square. 



Raptoi'ial. Adapted for preying. 



Reflexed. Bent up. 



Reniform. Kidney-shaped. 



Rufous. Red tinged with yellow. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. 



Rugulose. Slightly wrinkled. 



Saltatorial. Adapted for leaping. 



Scansorial. Adapted for climbing. 



Scape. The long joint at the root of the antennae. 



Scutellar. Appertaining, or near to the scutellum. 



Securiform. Hatchet-shaped. 



