GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



Names of parts of the body explained in the anatomical diagrams at the 

 beginning of the volume are not included here. 



(5 indicates the male ; $ the female. 



Apex, apical, the distal or outer extremity of a part. 



Callus, a rounded prominence often occurring near the shoulder and apex of 



each elytron. 

 Carina, a ridge or keel. 



Castaneous, having the red-brown colour of chestnut. 

 Caudal, tail-like. 

 Cephalic, belonging to the head. 

 Compressed, flattened in the vertical plane. 

 Coriaceous, having a finely roughened surface. 

 Costa, a rib-like elevation. 

 Depressed, flattened in the horizontal plane. 

 Digitate, bearing several finger-like processes. 

 Dorsal, belonging to the upper side. 

 Excavate, hoUovped out. 

 Fascia, a transverse bar of irregular outline. 



Granulate, bearing fine closely-set elevations. 

 Imago, the final or mature stage of an insect. 

 Lamella, a leaflet of the antenna. 

 Lamina, laminate, in the form of a thin plate. 



Larva, the primary active stage of an insect. 



Onychium, the rudimentary joint at the end of the claw-joint of the foot. 



Opaque, dull, not reflecting light. 



Oval, elliptical and not evidently more pointed at one end than the other. 



Ovate, in the form of an ellipse more pointed at one end than the other. 



Oviposition, the deposition of the egg. 



Piceous, black with a red tinge. 



Pubescence, a clothing of soft liairs. 



Pmictate-striate, bearing lines of punctures in parallel grooves. 



Punctulate, bearing very minute pits or impressions. 



Puncture, a small pit or impression. 



