CiLOSSAlJY OF TKUMS ISED. 1:575 



Lii/uht. — See page 10. 



Line. — A narrow streak ov stripe. 



Li II cur.^Str night: in llie form of a right line. 



Lube. — Any i)roniinent. ronnded process or excrescence <in a margin. 



LoiigitiuliimJ. — In llic direction nf ihc long axis. 



Liiiiiilc. — A lunate mark or crescent. 



LiilCdiis. — rale clay yellow. 



\la<iiliit(\ — Siiotted or marked with tignres of any slia|ie. of a color differing 



from the ground. 

 Mdiidibles. — The lateral upiier Jaws nf a hiting insect. 

 Mitnjiii. — That portion of a surface within the edge, bounded on the inner 



side by the submargin and consisting of a more or less dilated imagi- 

 nary line. 

 MiinjiiKii. — Of. belonging to or near the margin. 

 Md.rilla ; pi.. Maaillw. — See page !». 



Ma.viUunj palpi. — The first pair of palpi, borne on the maxiihi. 

 \l( iiibranoiis. — Thin, skin-like, semi-transiiarent. like i)archinent. 

 M< iitinii. — See page iO. 

 I /(vso.— Middle. 

 Mc.sostcnial cavitij. — Tn Elaterid:\\ the opening into which the proslernal 



spine is titted. 

 MvsostvniiiJ epiiiicra. — The narrow I'iei'cs separating the mesostcrnal 1 rom 



the metasterual episterna. 

 Mi sosttnnil (pistcriKi. — On each side of the mesosternuni between anterior 



border and epimera : generally separated by a distinct suture. 

 Mc^ostiriniiii. — The under side or breast of the mesothorax. 

 Mcsotiiorax. — The second or middle thoracic ring; bears the middle legs and 



the front wiugs. 

 Mda. — Posterior. 



Mcldilic. — Having the appearance of metal; aintlied to a surface or colm-. 

 Ml tiitlKini.r. — The third thoracic ring (!r segment; bears the hind legs and 



second pair of wings. 

 l/l/._Millimeter ; .001 meter = .039 of an inch; roughly, i*.'. imn. are counted 



to an inch in measuring insects. 

 MiiiiUifonn. — Beaded like a necklace. 

 Miicroimtv. — Terminated in a sharp point. 

 Miiriviiic. — Armed with sharp, rigid points. 



A flA-C(/.— Not clothed ; lacking vestiture. 



Seek. — The slender connecting suture between head and thorax of sncii in- 

 sects as have the head free. 

 \i,itiini(il. — Species that fly or are active at night. 

 \ormii1. — Of the usual form m- tyiie. 

 Xiitrhril. — Indented, ctit or nicked; usually a margin. 



Ohcoiiic. — Conic, with the apex pointing downward. 



Obcordiiti . — Inversely heart-shaped. 



oblique. — Any direction between iierpendicular and luirizontal. 



Oblong. — Longer than broad. 



Oborate. — Inversely egg-shaped; the narrow end d iwnward. 



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