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Crateriform.^ — Resembling the typical calathiform, 

 but not so broad or wide. (L. cratera, a bowl, 

 and form, shape, form.) 



Cremaster.— The apex of the last segment of the 

 abdomen. (Gr. heniaster, a suspender.) 



Cremaster. — The stout, triangular, flattened, ter- 

 minal spine of the abdomen, which aids the pupa 

 in working its way out of the earth, when the 

 pupa is subterranean. (Packard.) 



The anal hooks by which many pupae suspend 

 themselves. (Kirby and Spence.) (Gr. 

 kre77iasfer.) 



Crenate, Crenulate.— Furnished with small blunt 

 teeth, which take the form of segments of small 

 circles, {li. crena, a notch.) 



Crepera. — A gleam of paler colour upon a dark 

 ground, (li. creper, obscure.) 



Crepuscle, Crepuscule. — Twilight. (L. crepusculum, 

 a dimin. of creper, dusky.) 



Crepuscular. — Active during the twilight. (L. 

 cre2ntscnl{um). 



Cretaceous. — ^Chalky ; composed of or like chalk. 

 (L. crefa, chalk.) 



Cribellum. — A sieve-like plate which narrows 

 auteriorily and opens as a small slit at the base 

 and near the upper surface of the mandibles. 

 (L. a small sieve, dimin. of crihrum, a sieve.) 



Crinite, Crinitus.— When very long flexible hairs 

 thinly cover a space on the surface. (L. crinis, 

 hair.) 



