GLOSSARY. 



Ab- in composition indicates away from, departure from, as ahiiormal, 



departing from the usual rule. 

 Ahorted. Incomplete, undeveloped. 



Acicular. Terminated in a sharp point like a needle (arns). 

 Aciculat6. Covered with small scratches which appear as if made by a . 



needle's point. 

 Aculeate. Produced to a point ; as applied to one group of Hymenoptera 



it means furnished with a sting. 

 Acuminate. Terminated in a point. 



Ag(jliitinate. Fastened closely together so as to form one piece. 

 Alntaceous. Covered with minute cracks like mud or like the human 



skin. 

 Amhulatorial, Amhulatorij. Relating to walking, or progress on land, 



sometimes opposed to cursorial, and sometimes to natatorial. 

 Anal. Pertaining to the apex or extreme end of the abdomen. 

 Anmdate. Ringed (of colour). 

 Ante- in composition means before, in front of; e.g. aideocular, situated 



in front of the eye • 

 Ajwx.' The extremity. — Apical. Relating to the extremity. 

 Apod. Without legs ; of certain larva?, e.g. Cercyon. 

 Appendiculate. Furnished with appendices, e.g. extra lines or furrows 



at the end of other lines and furrows. 

 Approxirncde. Brought near to one another. 

 Apiteroiis. Wingless. 



Armature. Corneous parts of the organs of generation. 

 Articulated. Jointed. — Articulation. Joint. 

 Asperate. Roughened, of scidpture. 

 Asijmmetrical. With one side of tlie body different from the other 



side. 

 Attemicded . Gradually diminishod or narrowed. 

 Base. The root or bottom, the part on which 'an organ stands, or from 



which it takes its rise : for the various uses of the terms apex and 



base as applied to different parts of the body in the Coleoptera, see 



Introdnctidn, p. xxix. 

 Basal. Pertaining to tlio base. 



