GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



Exterior Margin, the margin of the wing 



furthest from the body. See p. ii and Pi.il. 

 Falcate, hooked or bent like a sickle. See 



PI. Xll,/. 29; ioiQVi'ing oi Melafiitis zile- 



nius, {/aix, a sickle). 

 Family, an aggregate of allied genera. 

 Fascia, a band. 

 Fasciated, banded. 

 FEMORA,'plural of femur. 

 Femur, the thigh ; the apparent second joint 



(see Joint) of the leg of a butterfly, directed 



upwards. See p. 10 and PI. I. 

 Ferruginous, dusky red, like iron rust, 



(Jet) ugo, iron rust). 

 Filament, a thin thread-like appendage, 



{fllum, a thread). 

 Filamentous, thread-like. 

 FiLiFKOM, thread-shaped, long, slender, and of 



equal thickness throughout. 

 Fimbriate, fringed, [fimbridttts, separated 



into shreds or filaments). 

 Flexuous, bending, winding, or tortuous, 



(flexus, a bending). 

 FOLLICULATE, provided with glands, foldings 



or cavities, {Jolltculus, a small bag or sac). 

 Fuliginous, sooty, (Jilligo, soot or lamp- 

 black). 

 FuLGID, glittering, shining. 

 Fulvous, tawny, reddish yellow, the colour 



of a lion, {fidvus, tawny). 

 Furcate, forked, {furca, a fork). 



Fuscescent, inclining to swarthy. 



Fuscous, swarthy, dusky. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped ; thick in the mid- 

 dle and fining down at each end, (//'/sits, 

 a spindle). 



Gemin.\ted, double ; united ; used for ex- 

 pressing a pair of coalescing spots or ocelli. 

 See PI. XVII, / 64, Ypthima hyagtiva, 

 underside, the ocelli of the hindwing 

 are geminated ; that on the forevving is 

 bipupilled. 



Genus, an aggregate of allied species. 



Glabrous, smooth, {i^ldbtr, without hair). 



Glaucous, silvery, bluish grey or pale bluish 

 green, but always with a sheen, {yhuvKO:, 

 gleaming, bright, glancing). 



Globose, spherical or nearly so, {glSbosm;, 



rounded). 

 Granulated, with a rough surface ; consist- 

 ing of or resembling grains, {gidnum, a 



small particle). 

 Hatched, closely marked with numerous 



thin transverse lines. 

 Haustellate, suctorial, living by suction, 



furnished with a haustellum or proboscis, 



{haiuio, I draw up). 

 Haustellum, the proboscis. See p. 9 and 



PI. I, {/laiirio, I draw up). 



Heterocera, moths. See p. 7. 



Hinder Margin, the outer margin. See 



p. II. 

 Hirsute, coarsely hairy, [kitsillus, rough, 



shaggy, bristly). 

 Hyaline, glassy, clear like glass, (ua\og, 



glass). 

 Imago, a butterfly, the perfect or last stage of 



the insect. 

 Imbricate, overlapping, (imbrex, a hollow 



tile) used in connection with tlie wing- 

 scales. 

 Incised, cut into, clipped, (/«c/V(?, I cut into). 

 Incrassate, thickened, becoming thicker, 



{incrassdre, to thicken). 



Inner Margin. See p. 11 and PI. I. 

 Inosculate, to join in mouth to mouth, 

 {pscnlor, to kiss). 



Interrupted, separated or abruptly broken 

 through. 



Interspace, the space between any two 

 adjacent nervures or nervules in the wings. 



Internal Area, the space between the sub- 

 median nervure aud inner margin of fore- 

 wing. See p. 12. 



Internal Nervure, a small nervure at 

 base of forevving, wanting in many butter- 

 flies. See p. 12. 



Interno-median Area, the space between 

 the median and submedian nervures. 

 See p. 12. 



Irides, plural of iris. 



Iridescent, reflecting rainbow colours, i,t/is, 

 a rainbow). 



