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Tergites. — The different tergal pieces constituting 

 the genital armature. (Lacaze — ^Duthiers.) 

 (Another term for tergge.) 



Tergo-sternal. — The muscles connecting the tergites 

 with their corresponding sternites. (L. tergum, 

 and sternum.) 



Tergum. — The superior, upper or dorsal portion of 

 a segment, separated from the venter by sutural 

 lines, and divided into segments which are 

 generally, especially in the case of the abdomen, 

 perforated on each side, by the spiraculpe. It is 

 the collective term for the four tergal, or dorsal 

 pieces of the prsescutum, scutum, scutellum, and 

 postscutellum. (L. the back.) 



Termen. — The hinder muscles of the wing. (L. 

 terminus, a boundary.) 



Tessellate. — Marked with chequer-work. (L. 

 tessellatus, chequered.) 



Test. — The secretionary covering which is attached 

 to the bodies of female coccids. (L. testa.) 



Testa. — The chitinous covering of a testaceous 

 insect. (L. an earthen pot or shell.) 



Testaceous. — Consisting of a hard, outer covering. 

 Brownish -yellow, the colour of unglazed earthen- 

 ware. (From L. testa.) 



Testes.^ — Male organs of reproduction, consisting 

 of several seminal tubes or shorter seminal 

 pouches, situated at the end of the vas deferens. 

 (L. testis, a testicle.) 



