﻿20 BRITISH BEETLES. 



Serrate. With teeth like a saw. 



Setaceous. Gradually diminishing to the tip. 



Setose. Set with stiff bristles. 



Simple. With no unvisual addition ; un-spined, un- 

 notched, un-dilated, — as the case may be. 



Sinuate. Slightly waved. 



Spiracle. Breathing-hole. 



Squamose. Scaly. 



Stria. An impressed or elevated line, usually the former. 



Striate. With thin longitudinal grooves : usually ap- 

 plied to the elytra. 



Strigose. Streaked or scratched. 



Sub-, in composition, means almost. 



Subulate. Suddenly pointed and lessened. 



Sulcate. Furrowed. 



Superfcies. Upper surface. 



Suture. Junction of the wing-cases. 



Testaceous. Yellow with a tinge of brown ; not a bright 

 yellow. 



Tomentose. Cottony. 



Transverse. Broader than long, or across. 



Truncate. Abruptly cut straight across. 



Tubercle. A small abrupt elevation : usually like a blunt 

 tooth. 



Typical. That which presents the best abstract idea of 

 any particular thing. 



Unicolorous. Of one colour. 



Versicolor ous. Variously coloured. 



Very many of the above terms are used in conjunc- 

 tion with each other, and then have a modified mean- 

 ing, the predominating part of which rests with the last 

 word used ; thus " pitchy-testaceous " means a yellow 

 colour with a tinffc of dark-brown. 



