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.GLOSSARY. 



Maculate . . Spotted. 



Mandible . . A tooth on cither side before the clypeus, usually bi- 



dentate and folded across the front of the head. 

 Meiiihraneous . Composed of thin semi-transparent tissue. 

 Mesosulcus . Central longitudinal furrow of mesosternum. 

 Mesothorax . The second and central section of the thorax. 

 Metathorax . The third and hind section of the thorax (for details c/. 



/>osi). 

 Moniliforin . Bead-shaped. 

 Mucronate . Prolonged into a sharp point. 



Millie . . . Immune, simple ; strictly, without a tooth or spine. 

 Nii^rescent . Blackish. 

 Nitidulous . Strongly shining. 



Normal . . According to the usual form ; bearing nothing noteworthy. 

 Notauli . . The usually short or obsolete furrows on either side of 



the mesonotum in front, which are incorrectly termed 



parapsides by Holmgren. 

 Notuin . . . The upper surface of the thorax ; that of the prothorax is 



the pronotum, or collar ; and so on. 

 Obsolete . . Traceable, though almost effaced. 

 Obtuse . . . Blunt ; not sharply pointed. 



Occiput . . . The back of the head, between the vertex and the collar. 

 Ocelli . . . The three simple eyes, always present upon the vertex of 



head. 

 Ochraceous . Brownish-yellow. 



Onychium . The apical tarsal joint, bearing the onyches or claws. 

 Orbits . . . Margins of the head round the eyes. 

 Oval . . . Longer than broad, laterally rounded, with the extremities 



of equal breadth. 

 Ovate . . . Similar to oval, but with the extremities unequal ; egg- 

 shaped. 

 Palpi . . . Sensitive organs of appreciation, articulated and attached 



to the maxillae and labium. 

 Parapsides . Strongly declived parts between the scutellum and tegulae. 

 Pectinate . . P'urnished with teeth, like a comb. 

 Pectoral . . Pertaining to the breast or sternum. 

 Pedicellus . . The minute second joint of the antennae and apical of 



the scape. 

 Penultimate . Last but one. 

 Petiole . . . The narrow basal half of the first abdominal segment ; 



pedicle ; peduncle. 

 Phytophagous Plant-feeding. 



Piceous . . Pitchy, dark-brown ; between fuscous and black. 

 Pilose . . . Hairy ; hairs longer than in pubescence, shorter than 



hirsute. 

 Pleurae . . The lateral surfaces of the thorax ; those of prothorax are 



the propleurae, and so on. 

 Plicate . . . Furnished with a fold. 

 Post-annellus . The fourth joint of the antennae and second of the 



flagellum. 

 Post-scutellum The small sub-rotund prominence between the scutellum 



and the metanotum. 



