GLOSSARV. xm 



Patella. A little bowl or cup. — Patdliforin. Cup or liowl-shaped. 



Pectinate. Toothed like a comb. 



Pedunrle. A piece supporting an organ, or joining one organ to anotlier 



like a neck. — Pedunculate. Furnished with such a supporting piece. 

 Pentamerous. With five joints. 

 PemiUimate. Last but one. 

 Perfuliate. Formed of joints separated and as it were strung togetlier 



by a common thread or narrow support running through them. 

 Pliytophagous. Feeding on plants. 

 Pilose. Hairy. — Verticillate-pilose. Of antenuce, with hairs set round 



the vertex of each joint. 

 Pitchy. Blackish-brown : a somewhat loose colour term. • 

 Plicate. Furnished with a fold or folds. 

 Polymorphous. Of various forms. 

 Pores. Large isolated punctures. 



Produrtile. Capable of being lengthened out or produced. 

 Propygidium. Penultimate dorsal segment of the abdomen (visible in 

 , certain Histerida?, etc., to which the term is applied : it is not used of 



the Brachelytra). 

 Pubescent. Furnished with puljescence or downy hairs. 

 Puncture. A small depression on the surface, usually round. 

 Punctate. Furnished with punctures. 

 Punctctte-striate. With rows of punctures imitating and taking tin; 



place of striae, opposed to striatc-punctate, with punctured striae ; the 



former term is, however, sometimes used loosely by some writers for 



the latter. 

 Pygidium. Last dorsal segment of abdomen. 

 Pyriform. Pear-shaptnl. 

 Quadrate. Square. 

 Quadri- in composition indicates four times, e.g. quadrhnaculate, witli 



four spots. 

 Itaiitorial. Adapted for seizing and devouring prey. 

 RejU'xed. Bent up, opposed to defle.ced, bent doA\-n. 

 licmiform. Oar-shaped. 

 Reniform. Kidney-shaped. 



Reticulata. . Covered with a network of scratches or cross striae. 

 Rostrum. Prolongation of the head between the eyes, especially applied 



to theCurculionidiG. — Rostrate. In the form of a l)oak or rostrum. 

 Rufous. Eeddish. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. — Rugulose. Slightly wrinkled. 

 Saltatorial. Adapted for leaping. 

 iicansorial. Adapted for climlnng. 

 Sc-ape. The term applied to the hrst joint of the antenn;e when it is 



considerably develo])ed. 

 Scrohes. Lateral furrows on the rostrum, holding the liase of the 



antejina? when at rest : this and the jircccdiug term arr chietly 



employed in speaking of Curculionida\ 



