XXIV GLOSSARY. 



Bulla. — The bulla of Jurine is the feuestra of Thomson ((^. v.). 



Calcaria. — The spines at the apex of the tibia. 



Callosity. — A slight elevation or hump. 



Callus. — A small callosity immediately before the railix of the fore-wings. 



Canaliciilaie. — Furrowed; elongately impressed. 



Carina. — A keel, ridge or elevated line. 



Carinate. — Iveel-like: with a raised ridge. 



Casinneous. — Chestnut-red. 



Caudate. — In the form of a tail. 



Cheeks. — That part of the head between the base of the mandibles and lower 

 margin of the eyes. 



Chitinous. — Pertaining to chitin, of which the exo-skeleton of insects is com- 

 posed ; presenting a hard surface. 



Ciliatc. — Fringed with hairs or cilia, like an eye-lid. 



C Urinous. — Br i gh 1 1 em on-y el low. 



Cla vafe. — Clubbed . 



Clypeus. — That part of the head lietween the face and the month. 



Concolorous.— O^ the colour last mentioned. 



Connate. — Inflexibly soldered to(;ether. 



Corbicidaic. — Basket-shaped. 



Cordifonn. — Heai-t-shaped . 



Coriaceous. — Presenting a surface like that of leather. 



Corneovs. — Horny. 



Corjinfc. — Horned. 



Costa. --A small elevated ridge : rarely used of the front edge of the wing. 



Costithi. — Exclusively used to denote the little costa separating the externo- 

 niedial metathoracic area; into two parts. 



Coxa. — The first or basal joint of the legs. 



Cristula. — A little and usually elongate crest. 



Culfrifonu. — Knife-shaped. 



Declivous. — Running downwards. 



Dentate. — Toothed. 



Dentiparal . — Tooth-bearing. 



Deplanate. — Depressed or flattened di.rsally. 



Disc. — The central region. 



Discrete. — Separated, usually by an impressed line; in the case of the petiolar 



area it indicates that there are present two longitudinal carinw which 



divide the area into tliree parts. 



Edentate. — Without teet h. 



Emarginafe. — With the nuirgiti not continuous, generally centrally incised. 



Entire. — Without excision, emargiuatiou or projection. 



Epicnemia. — The elevated anterior margin of the mesosternnm. 



Epistoma. — The central, and often longitudinally elevated, portion of the face; 

 Gravenhorst calls the whole front of the head, from the frons to the 

 mandibles, the facies or hypostoma ; Berthoumieu calls it the epistouie 

 or clypeus. 



