X GLOSSARY. 



Bl- in composition signifies in two parts, or a doubling ; e.g. hijid, cleft 



into two divisions ; bisetose, furnished with two sette. 

 Buccal. ■ Eelating to the mouth or sides of the mouth. 

 Calcar. A spur, strong spine, or pointed process. 

 Cullus or Callosity. A slight projection or elevation. — Callose. Furnished 



with such a projection or elevation. 

 Canaliculate. Furnished with one or more channelled furrows. 

 Capillary. Slender and hair-like (of antennse). 

 Carina. A keel, or longitudinal elevated line. — Carinate or Carinatcd. 



Furnished with a carina. 

 Gastaneous. Chestnut-coloured. 

 Catenulate, Cateniform. Chain-like. 

 Ciccdrix. A large, deep, scar-like impression. 

 Ciliate. Furnished with cilia or fringes of hairs more or less parallel, 



like the eyelid. 

 Clava. The club or knob of the antenna3 (especially evident in the 



Clavicornia). — Glavate or Claviform. ClublDed or club-shaped. 

 Common. Extending over two neighbouring portions of the body, e.g. 



" elytra with a common spot." 

 Concolorous. Uniform in colour, in comparison of parts ; e.g. " elytra 



daclv with apex yellowish " as opposed to " elytra concolorous." 

 Confluent. Running one into another, of colour-patterns, or punc- 

 tuation. 

 Conical. Shaped like a cone, tapering from base to apex. 

 Conncde. Soldered together. 

 Covrophagous. Feeding on excrement. 

 Cordate, Cordiform. Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Leathery ; of the consistence of leather. 

 Corneous. Horny ; of the consistence of horn. 

 Costate. Furnished with elevated costae or longitudinal ribs. 

 Costifonn. In the shape of a costa or raised rib. 

 Co.C(d, Eelating to the coxae ; the coxal or cotyloid cavities are the 



cavities in which the coxae articulate. 

 Crcnate, Grenulate. Furnished with a series of very blunt teeth which 



take the form of segments of small circles. 

 Crepuscidar. Coming out of hiding-places to feed, &c., during the 



twilight. 

 Cretaceous. Chalky. 

 Cruciform. Cross-shaped. 

 Cuptde. Small cup-shaped organs -with wliich the anterior tarsi of 



certain males (especially among the Dytiscidae) are furnished ; they 



are used as suckers for adhering. 

 Cursorial. Adapted for running. 

 Cuspidate. Sharply pointed. 

 Cyathiform. Cup-shaped. 

 Deflexed. Bent down. 

 Dehiscent. Gaping apart towards apex. 



