ci.dSSAh'N' oi' 'I'i;kms rsED. ]'\il 



I'idthora.r. 'I'lic lirst tli(.i-.i<-ic riiii; nr si'^^iiiciil ; hcnrs (he Irmil h-u's lint int 



\viii,t,'s ; ill this wnrl; i-cI'cimtiI to as "tliornx" iiirfcl.v. 

 I'niiuosc. — lldjif.v; as it" <-(iv('1'(m1 with a liiir I'mst (U- dust. 

 I'lihcscciit- Downy; cldtiicd wilii suit. shml. liiic. clnscly set haif. 

 I'inictutc. — Set witli iniprt'ssod luiinls (ir imiicliiifs. 

 I'liiiciurc. — All iiiii>r('ssi(iii like thai made hy a iit'cdh-. 

 I'lnifhind. — Marked witli small iiii|)ressi'd duls. 



I'lipa; pi.. l'ui)iv. — Till' iiilennt'diatc sta,L,'(' hclwccn laiva and adnll. 

 I'ltiHitc. — To become a pupa : Ihc ad >>{' lifeoinlni: a pnpa. 

 l'!i;ii<liiiiii.-'Vhi^ l;ist dursal s(\L,nneiit of ahdomrn k'fl «'.\piis»'d by tin- idytra. 



(Jii'tdratc- S(|nari' of ncaiiy so. 



(Jiiitilrilatvml. — Four-sided; formed or liouiHh'd li.\- I'onr lines. 



i'litnifij. — To branch oui in every direction. 



/i'diHicioiis. — Predatory; capturinj,^ and eatin;,' jirey. 



ltd re. — Seldom seen or found. 



Iv'cctaiKjiihtr. — In tbe form of a ri.Lcht or rectan,L,'le. 



h'cciniibciit. — r.yinti down ; recliniuir. 



h'rcurrcd. — Bowed backward. 



h'vflvcted or rcflexrd. — An.ijularly IhmiI backward. 



h'ciiiotc. — Further removed than distant. 



Ixcnifonn. — Kidney-shaped. 



h'csfrictcd. — Confined to a limited area. 



I'( ticiildlc. — Like net-work. 



h'llnictcd. — Drawn back; ojiposed to prominent. 



h'( tnictUv. — Capable of beinj? drawn in or retracted. 



h'lioinboidal. — Having the form of a rhomb, or (piadran^'ular fi.t:;ure having 



its four sides e<iual and its opposite lines parallel, with two opposite 



angles acute and two ol)tuse. 

 h'ufous. — P.rick-red. 



h'lif/osc. — ^Yrinkled ; with irregular waved elevated lines. 

 h'uf/ulonc. — Minutely wrinkled. 



Scahroi^c. — Rough like a tile, with small raised points. 



Scape. — The long basal joint of an elbuwed antenna in Coleoptera. 



Scrohes. — Grooves on the sides of the mandibles. 



Hculptvre. — The markings or pattern of im])ression or elevation on an ely- 

 tra or other body surface. 



Sculptured. — A surface, when marked with elevations or depressions or 

 both, arranged in some definite manner. 



ScKtcUitm. — The triangular piece between the elytra at base. 



Securiform. — Triangula r-compi-essed ; like the blade of a hatchet. 



Segment. — A ring or division bounded by incisions nv sutures. 



Semi. — Half. 



Semicircular. — Like the half of a circle. 



Semi-cylindrical. — Like a groove or half a cylinder. 



.sVY/»f;//cr.— The order in which things follow. 



Series. — A group of si>ecies. genera or fandlies. arranged to show agreement 

 in a common character which is not of snflicient importance to war- 

 rant the next higher division. 

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