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Reverse. — -When an object is viewed witli tlie anus 

 towards you. (M.E. reuers (reiers). — O.F. 

 revers. — L. reuersus, lit, turned backwards. 

 L. re-, back, and uertere, to turn.) 



Reviviscence. — The awakening from torpidity, the 

 restoration from suspended animation. (L. 

 reviviscens, from reviviseo, to come to life again, 

 to revive.) 



Revoluted. — Rolled or curled back. (L. re, and 

 from voluio, to roll.) 



Rhabdites. — The three pairs of slender non- 

 articulated tubercles constituting the ovipositor. 

 (Gr. rhabdos, a rod.) 



Rhabdom. — The nerve rod supporting the apex 

 of the blunt crystalline cone of the eye. (Gr. 

 rkahdos.) 



Rhabdomeres.^ — The sections of the rhabdom. 

 (From Gr. rhabdos.) 



Rhabdopoda. — The genital claspers. (Packard.) 

 (Gr. rhabdos, and fod, pedis, a foot.) 



Rhjnarium. — The nostril-piece ; the space between 

 the anterior margin of the nasus and the labrum. 

 This is remarkable in some Lamellicorn beetles, 

 as Anoplognathus, Leach. (Gr. rhis, rhinos, 

 the nose.) 



Rhomboid, Rhomboidal. — Quadrilateral with the 

 sides equal, but two opposite angles acute and 

 two obtuse. Lozenge-shaped. (Gr. rhombos, 

 from rhembo, to whirl round.) See Lozenged. 



