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Longiores. — (Antennae.) The term is used when 

 the antennae are longer than the body. (L. 

 longus, long.) 



Longissimse. — (Antennae.) The term is used when 

 the antennae are very much longer than the 

 body. (L. longus.) 



Longipennate. — With long wings. (L. longus, 

 and penna, a feather.) 



Longitudinal. — Running lengthwise ; the direction 

 of the longest diameter. (L. longitudo, from 

 longus.) 



Longitudinal Sternae. — Muscles stretched length- 

 wise along the lower wall of the abdomen, 

 from the front edge of the second sternite to 

 the front edge of the seventh. (L. longus, and 

 sternum, breast-bone.) 



Longitudinal Tergae. — Muscles beneath the upper 

 wall of the abdomen, each set connecting with 

 the front edge of a segment with the front edge 

 of that next behind. (L. longus, and tergum, 

 the back.) 



Loopers. — The larvae of Geometrido', called loopers 

 because they form a loop-like position by 

 alternately elevating and straightening the body 

 while walknig. (Gael, lub, a bow.) 



Lora. — A corneous angular machine observable 

 in the mouth of some insects, upon the inter- 

 mediate angle of which the mentum sits, and on 

 the lateral ones the cardines of the maxillae ; 

 and by means of which the trophi are pushed 

 forward or retracted. (From L. lorum, a thong.) 



