l;^72 INDIANA COT;F,()PTERA. 



C<tuti(jii(iiis~i<() near togetlier as to touch. 



('(iiitrdctcd. — To draw (ir drawn together; to reduce, or reduced hi size hy 



coutraction. 

 Cordate. — Heart-shaped. 

 Vordifo7-m.- — Cordate. 



Voriaceous. — Leather-lilu- ; thiclc. lough and somewhat rigid. 

 Corneous. — Resembling horn iu texture. 

 Costa. — Any elevated ridge that is rounded at its crest. 

 Coxa; pi., Co.ra\ — The basal segment of the leg. by means of whicli it is 



articulated to the body. 

 Coxal caxnty. — The opening or space in which the coxa articulates; see 



page 15. 

 Creiiatc. — Scalloi)ed, with rounded teeth. 



Crcniihitc. — With small scallops, evenly rounded and rather deeply oxirved. 

 Crest. — A prominent longitudinal carina on the upper surface of any part 



of the head or body. 

 Cupreous. — The metallic red of pure shining copper. 

 Cylindrical. — In the form of a cylinder or tul>e; round, elongate, of equal 



diameter throughout. 



Deflected. — Bent downward. 



Deflcxed. — Abruptly beut doAvnward. 



DeJiisccnt. — Separating toward the tips. 



Dense. — Thickly crowded together. 



Dentate. — Toothed; with acute teetli, the sides of which are equal and the 



tip is above the middle of base. 

 Denticle. — A small tooth. 



Depressed. — Flattened down A'erticall.v; op]'«'«ed to compressed. 

 l)i. — As a prefix = two. 

 Dilated.- — Widened, expanded. 



Disk. — The central upper surface of any part; all the area within a margin. 

 Distant. — Remote from; standing considerably apart. 

 Diurnal. — Such insects as are active or habitually fly by day cmly. 

 Divaricate. — Spreading apart; tarsal claws when arising at opposite sides 



of the joint and separating widely. 

 Dirercjcnt. — Spreading out from a common base; tarsal claws when they 



spread out only a little. 

 Dorsal. — Of or belonging to the ui)i>er surface. 

 Duski/. — Somewhat dai'kened ; pale fuscous. 



Elliptical.- — Oblong-oval, the ends equally rounded. 



Elongate. — Drawn out; lengthened; much longer than wide. 



Elytra. — See page 15. 



Elytron. — Singular of elytra. 



Entire. — With an even, unbroken margin. 



Epimeron ; pi., Epimera. — See page 14. 



Epiplcvra; pi., Epipleurw. — The dedexed or intlexed portions of the elytra 



immediately beneath the edge. 

 Episterniim. — See page 14. 

 Equal. — Of the same length, size or shape. 



