XIV CLOSSARV. 



Sc7di')turo. Modifications of surface in the way of punctuation, .striae, 



elevations, &c., as opposed to structure, which has reference to the 



shape and construction of the various parts of the hody. 

 Scutfllary. Pertaining to, or near the scutellum. 

 Securiform. Hatchet-shaped. 

 Serrate, Serriform. With teeth like a saw. 

 Seta. A long outstanding bristle or stiff hair. 

 Setaceous. Gradually tapering to the tip, like a bristle. 

 Setiform. Shaped like a bristle. 



Setose, Setigerous, Setiferoiis. Set with or bearing setae. 

 Sliagreened. Covered with closely-set small roughnesses or unevennesses 



like shark's skin : the term is used sometimes of very fine sculpture 



with no pronounced punctuation (as in the case of the hind body of 



many species of Oxijpoda, &c.). 

 Simple. With no unusual addition or modification, e.g. without spines, 



dilatation, emargination, &c. 

 Sinuate. Slightly waved. 



Spatulate. Narrow at base and enlarged towards extremity. 

 Spiracle or Stiijma. Openings for respiration on tlie surface of the 



body. 

 Squarnose, Squamate, Squamulose, Sq^iamulate. Covered with larger or 



smaller sg^uamm or scales. 

 Stria. Animpressed line ; sometimes, but rarely, used of an elevated line. 

 Striate. Furnished with striae. 

 Stridulation. I^Toise produced by the friction of one surface against 



another. — Stridulaiori/. Connected with stridulation. 

 Strigose. Scratched. 

 Striole. An aljridged or rudimentary stria. — Striolate. Furnished with 



such small stria?. 

 Style. A pointed process. 

 Snh- in composition indicates ahiiost or slightly, as suhlinear, subparallcl, 



sidtquadrate, &c. 

 Suhtdate. Terminating in a fine and sharji pioint, like an awl. 

 Sulcate. Furrowed. — Sidciform. Shaped like a furrow. 

 Stdural. Pertaining to the suture of elytra. 

 Suture. The line on which the elytra join: the term is also .applied to 



the point of junction of any two free parts. 

 Testaceous. Yellowish, usually with a dusky tinge : not a bright yellow, 



although the term is very loosely used, and is applied to almost all 



yellowish or light-reddish yellow .shades. 

 Tetramerous. With four joints. 

 Tomentose. Cottony. 

 Transverse. Broader than long. 

 Trapezoidal. In the shape of a trapezium or irregular four-sided 



rectangular figure. 

 Tri- in composition indicates three times, as friciisjnd, divided into 



three points. 



