1378 INOIANA COLEOPTERA. 



Nrn7//f. - S;i\v-ti)<itlu>(l. llic teeth set tdward one end. 



Scrniliilc. -With numerous little saw teeth. 



Seta: pL. S(l(i\ — A pointed hristle or long, stiff hair; slender, hair-like ap- 



peuda.iies. 

 Setaceous. — I'.rislle-sliaiicd : slender. ,i,'radnall.v laperiui: to a tip. 

 Setifiinii. — In Ihe form of a bristle or sela ; when a sk'ndcr. short hristle 



arises from a thicker jiasal .joint. 

 Setii/eroiis. — I'.earing seta» or bristles; e..^.. jpunrtures. 

 Sinirp. — Willi a ijointed tip or thin edi^e; ojjpo.sed to blunt. 

 Sinuate. — Aiiplied to lines and nuirjjins with an in and onl curve. 

 Siiniato-tridiedle. — Truncated, witli the marjiiu sinuate. 

 Sinootli. — A surface without elevations or indentations. 

 Sp'irse. — Scattered; single hairs, scales or punctures set well ajiart. 

 Siteeies. — An afii^rejiation of individuals alike in appearance and structure, 



matinjT freely and jircducini!: youni; Ihat themselvt's mate freely and 



bear fertile offsiirinti reseiublini: each other and their parents; a sjie- 



cies includes all its varieties and races. 

 Siteciflc character. — A feature common to all individuals of a species, by 



means of which they may be distini^uished from all other individuals 



of other species. 

 Splicrical.- In the form of a sjihere; a body in which all diameters are 



ecpial. 

 Si)iii(Ue-shaiie<l. — Cylindrical, eloni^ate, thicker in the middle, tapering to 



each end ; fusiform. 

 Spiiiiforiii. — In the fcrm or shape of a spine. 

 Siiiiiosc. — Set with acute jirocesses or spines. 

 Si)hii(les. — Little spines. 

 Spiracle. — A breathing iicre; in the jilnral Ihic lateral openings on the seg- 



nu'uts of the insect bod.y through which air enters the trache;e. 

 Spur. — A short, stiff, generally blunt jirocess, usually not articulated at its 



base. 

 Sta<ie. — l{ef(M's to the jieriod of develnpmeiit ; e.g.. l;ir\al. jiuiial, etc. 

 Stenniiii. — The lireast ; the middle iiortion of the muler surface o\ thorax 



between the coxal cavities. 

 SlifiDiata. — The spiracles. 



Stria: ])].. Stii'd'. — A longitudinal depressed line or furrow. fre(piently punc- 

 tured. 

 siriale. — .Marke<l witii jiarallel. line, impressed lines. 

 SIriiliiiale. — To make a ci'(\-iking noise li\' rubbing together two ridged or 



roughened sni-faces. 

 Slripi-. — A hiugitudinal streak of cclnr different from the grotuid. 

 ShIi-cI'! rule. — Somewhat thickened toward tip: iait not (|uile club-shaped. 

 Siilxiniiil.- Similar but not (|uite espial in size, form or other characters. 

 Sabfaiiiilji. — A division of classihcation containing a group of closely allied 



genera; different fi-oni other allied groups, yet not so as to make a 



fannly series, ending in nifc. 

 Siiliiiiarfiiiial. — .\\\ inniginary portion of a surface outside of the disk and 



within the margin. 

 Siihiiarallel. \e;irly jiarallel. 

 .S'///>///(//r. Awl-shaped : linear at base, atlenuate at tip. 



