GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGY 331 



Cancellate. Cross-barred; latticed. 



Capillary. Hair-like; long and slender. 



Capitate. Terminating in a little head or knob. 



Caprification. Process of fertilization of Smyrna figs by Blasto- 

 phaga through the medium of "caprifigs." 



Carabidoid. Resembling a Carabid. 



Carina. An elevated ridge. 



Carnivorous. Flesh-eating. 



Cauda. The tail; any process resembling a tail. 



Caudad. Toward the posterior region of the body. 



Caudal. Pertaining to the posterior end of the body. 



Caudal set.e. Tlu-ead-like processes at the end of the abdomen. 



Caudate. Having tail-like extensions. 



Caverniculous. Cave-inhabiting. 



Cell. Space within the veins on the wing. 



Cellule. A small space included between the veins on the wing. 



Cephalad. Toward the head. 



Cephalic. Belonging to the head. 



Cervical. Relating to the neck. 



Chaetotaxy. The science dealing with the arrangement and 

 nomenclature of the bristles on the body of insects. 



Chelate. Having a claw. 



Chitin. The material of which the hard parts of the insect body are 

 formed. 



Chitinous. Composed of chitin or similar to chitin. 



Chrysalis — id. The intermediate stage between larva and adult; 

 see pupa. 



Cicatrix. A scar; an elevated, rigid spot. 



Cilia. Fringes. 



Ciliate. Fringed; set with parallel hairs or bristles. 



Clasper. a chitinized process, free or attached to the inner sides 

 of valves or other lateral pieces and serving to hold the female parts 

 during copulation; the harpes. 



Claval suture. Indentation separating the clavus at the base of 

 the hemelytra in Hemiptera. 



Clavate. Club-shaped; thickening gradually toward end. 



Clypeus. The anterior median portion of the head to which the 

 labrum is usually attached. 



Coarctate. Contracted; compact. 



Cocoon. Silky covering enclosing pupa, 



CoLLUM. The neck or collar. 



Colon. The large intestine. 



Connate. United at base, or along the whole length. 



CoNNEXivuM. The prominent abdominal margin of Heteroptera at 

 junction of dorsal and ventral plates. 



Coprophagus. Feeding on excrement on or decaying vegetable 

 matter of an excrementitious character. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leather-like. 



CoRiUM. The elongate middle section of the hemelytra which 

 extends from base to membrane below the embolium. 



Cornicles. The honey-tubes in plant lice. 



