GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



Abdomen, the section of the body behind 



the thorax. See p. lo. 

 Abdominal Margin, the inner edge of the 



hindwing next the body. See p. 1 1. 

 Acuminate, angled or angular, in contradis- 



tinction to rounded. See PL XIII, /. 30, 



? , apex of forewing of Cyllogettes suradeva. 

 Acute, pointed, less than a right angle. 

 Adpressed. See "Appressed." 

 Aenescent, bronzed, (aeneus, of bronze). 

 Anal, near or pertaining to the hinder end 



of the abdomen, {anus, the fundament). 

 Anal Angle, the angle formed by the 



inner (or abdominal) with the outer margin 



in the hindwing. See p. 11 and PI. I. 

 Anastomosing, the opening of one vessel 



or channel into another, (av«0"TOjaouv, to 



furnish with a mouth or opening). 

 Annular, in the form of a ring. 

 Annulations, rings, {anniildius, furnished 



with a ring). 

 Annulated, ringed. 

 Antenna, long, slender appendages of the 



head. See p. 10 and PI. I. 

 Anterior Margin, the fore margin of either 



wing. See p. 11 and PI. I. 

 Apex, the tip or summit of either wing, 



where the anterior and outer margins meet. 



See p. II and PI. I. 

 Apical, at or pertaining to the apex. 

 Appressed, pressed close, {apprlmcre, to 



press to). 

 Areolets, an obsolete term for the spaces 



between the nervules in the wings. 

 Articulation, connection by joints ; one of 



the sections of a jointed series, {articiildre, 



to divide into joints ; articiiltis, a little joint, 



a knuckle). 



Atrophied, died away, withered, (arpo^JW, 

 to have no food, to pine away). 



Band, a broad, even stripe. 



Basal, at or pertaining to the base. 



Base, of the wings, the part at or near junction 



with the body. 

 Bifid, cleft in two ; opening with a cleft, {pi' 



findere, to cleave in two). 

 Bifurcate, having two prongs like a 



fork. 

 Bipupilled, with reference to an ocellus, 



having two central spots or pupils. 

 Blind Ocellus, an eye-like mark on the 



wing with the central spot wanting. 

 Blotch, a large, irregular marking, 

 Carinate, keeled, {carina, a keel). 

 Cartilaginous, tough, of the nature of 



gristle. 

 Caudal, at or pertaining to the tail, {cauda, 



a tail). 

 Caudate, tailed ; furnished with an append- 

 age like a tail. 

 Cell. See " Discoidal Cell ; " also p. 11 and 



PI. I. Also occasionally used with reference 



to the space between any two nervules or 



nervures. 

 Chalybeate, steely, {chalybs, steel). 

 Chrysalis. See p. 9. 

 Cilia, fine hair-like fringes, chiefly on outer 



margin of wing, [cilia, eyelashes). 

 Cinereous, ashy grey, [cinis, ashes). 

 Clavate, club-shaped, {cldva, a club). 

 Club, the knob at the tip of an antenna. 

 Cocoon, the case formed by many caterpillars 



in which to change into pupae. 

 Common, when applied to markings as 



bands, fascise, &c., means that they extend 



to both wings. 

 Compressed, flattened from side to side, as if 

 by lateral pressure, in contradistinction to 

 depressed or flattened downwards. 



