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Elongate. — (Aiitennse.) In relation to the body ; 

 the term is used when the antennte is the same 

 length as the body. (L. e, and longvs, long.) 



Elytra, Elytrum. — The wing cases ; the fore-wings 

 of Coleoptera. (Gr. elyo, to wrap up.) 



Em. — ^A form of the English prefix en. 



Emarginate. — A piece cut out of the margin ; 

 notched. (L. e, and margo, the edge.) 



Embolium. — The latero-basal portion of the corium 

 when separated off, as in the cimicidpe. 

 (Saunders.) (Gr. emholos, a wedge, a graft.) 



Embossed. — The sculpture " thrown up " ; raised 

 above the surface. {F. — L. and Gr. From Em-, 

 prefix ; and Boss, [boss, from F. hosse, a swelling), 

 Or (F. — LateL.) O.Fv.emhosquer, to shroud, — 

 O.Fr. em- (L, in), in.) 



Empodium. — The term used for the pul villi according 

 to the order of the insect. (L. em or im, in, 

 and -podium, a pedestal.) 



En.— A prefix representing the Greek en, signifying 

 in, or, on ; the Latin in, signifying in or into ; 

 or the Saxon em, signifying to make, to sixrroimd, 

 or to intensify the meaning. 



Encephalum.— The brain of insects consists of 

 two ganglia, one of which passes over the 

 pharynx, and the other beneath it ; both are 

 connected by means of nervous cords, which 

 run from the upper to the under, and which 

 embrace the oesophagus. (Janet). (Gr. en, and 

 kefhale, the head.) 



