Xll GLOSSARY. 



Imbricate. Overlai^ping one another like tiles on a roof. 

 Imjnmcfafe. Without punctuation. 

 Incrassate. Thickened. ■ 



Infascate. Darkened ; more or less fuscous in colour. 

 Insertion. Point of attachment of movable parts, e.g. antennae. 

 Interstices. The spaces between striae or rows of punctures : the term is 

 properly applied to the elytra only, the interspaces on. thorax, &c., being 

 called intervals., Ijut the term interstice is often rather loosely used. 

 Iridescent. Exhibiting prismatic colours, changing in different lights. 

 Juxta- in composition indicates near, as jw*cfa-or:'?i/ar, situated near the 



eye. 

 Lamina. A flat plate. — Laminate or Lamellate. Plated. 

 Lateral. Pertaining to the side. 

 Linear. Narrow, elongate, and parallel-sided ; applied to a whole insect, 



or a particular portion. 

 Lineated, Lineate. With longitudinal stripes. 

 Lobes. Parts of an organ separated one from another by a more or loss 



deep division. 

 Lnnulate. Crescent-shaped. — Lunule. A crescent-shaped spot. 

 Macidate. Spotted. 

 Margin. The outer edge. — Margined . Furnished with a more or less 



distinctly pronounced outer edge. 

 Median. Central. 



Membranous. Of the consistency of membrane. 

 Moniliforvi. Necklace-shaped, as if formed of beads ; of antcnmu. 

 Macronate. Prolonged in a sharp point. 

 Mutic. Without point or spine. 

 Natatorial. Adapted for swimming. 

 Necro2)hagous. Feeding on dead and decaying matter. 

 Noi^raal. Usual or natural : this term is used very loosely, but it is 

 often very useful, and its meaning in comparison is always easily 

 understood from the context; 

 Obconical. In a reversed cone, with the thickest part in front : often 

 used of joints of the antennae, especially where these latter (as in 

 Homalota, &c.) become gradually thicker towards apex. 

 Obsolete. Almost effaced, or only slightly marked. 

 Ocellated, Ocellate. Furnished with round spots surrounded by a ring of 



a lighter colour. 

 Ocelli. Small extra eyes usually situated on the top of the head. 

 Ochraceous. Brownish-yellow. 

 Onisciforra. Shaped like an Oniscus or wood-louse. 

 Oniichinm. The last joint of the tarsi which bears the onijriies or claws. 

 Orbital. Eelating to the upper border of the eye, as siipra-orhital, 



situated above this upper border. 

 Oval, Ovate, Ovoid. Egg-shaped. 



Palmate. Widened and divided like the hand : if the divisions are 

 slender and elongate, the term digitate is used. 



