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Smaragdinus, Smaragdine.— An intensely bright 

 gold-green colour, like tlie emerald in colour. 

 fL. smaragdus, emerald.) 



Solea. — The sole, the underside of the tarsus ; it 

 includes the pulvilli. (L. the sole of the foot.) 



Solenaria. — The two lateral sub-cylindrical air-tubes 

 of the antlia. (Gr. solen, a pipe, or tube.) 



Solid. — One mass, having no vacant interstices. 

 (L. solidus.) 



Somite. — A segment. 



Sparsate, Sparse.^Scattered ; spread irregularly, 

 and at a distance from each other. (L. sparsus, 

 from spargo, to scatter.) 



Spatha. — Organs of the Hymenopterous female 

 genitalia, which lie over the base of the stipites 

 and the sagittse, and between which the intro- 

 mittent organ is inserted. (L. a broadsword.) 



Spathulate. — Narrow and flat at the base and 

 enlarged towards the apex. (L. spatha.) 



Sperm vesicles. — The seminal vesicles ; vessels 

 containing the spermatozoa. (Gr. sperma, 

 seed, and L. vesica, a bladder.) 



Spermatheca. — A more or less heart-shaped pro- 

 tective sac or pouch, situated upon the dorsal 

 wall of the vagina and opening by a narrowish 

 neck into the oviduct ; it functions as a 

 protective case for the semen. (Gr. sperma, 

 and theca, a case.) 



