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TERMINI, 

 markable as to require a separate denomination^ 

 and as there appears to be a sti-ict analogy betvveerf 

 the planta or palma of these insects, and the 

 dilated foot or palm in man, &c. and the digitus 

 a:nd the jointed toe or Jinger, I thought it better to 

 adopt these terms in preference to metatarsus , the 

 term which Schrank has employed, but not with 

 strict anatomical propriety, to denote this remark- 

 able joint. Linneus, in u4. mellijicaf has mistaken 

 the planta postica for the tibia. 



Stngilis. This part, which distinguishes the' 

 base of the palma, and in ^pis is extremely con- 

 spicuous, is a deep pectinated sinus. De Geer is 

 the only author who notices it. He calls it simply 

 a curvature, and its pectefl " une Jrange en 

 hrosse (f)." 



Scopula. This is the name by which I denomi- 

 nate the hairs which cover the inside of the plantae^ 

 called by Schrank scopa, and by Reaumur " la 

 hrosse (s)." 



Pulvillus, I have seen this term employed to 

 denote this part by sorrie author, whom 1 do not 

 i-ecollecti De Geer calls it '* un petit mam" 

 melon (t)" 



Valvid. These have been frequently noticed, 

 iSwammerdam calls them appendages of the stingy 



if) Ubi sup. p. 1 170. Tab, 41. fig. 13. cf, g. {s) Ubi 



■up. p. 330. Tab. 26. fig. 6, 7. h h, {t) Ubi snp. p. 1 147. 



Tab. 32. ^. 12. n. 



