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Axillary, placed in the crotch or angle of the origin of two 

 bodies ; arising from the angles of ramification. 



Azure, azure-blue ; nearly~the same as esendeus, but more like 

 ultramarine. 



B. 



Badius, chestnut or liver brown. 



Barb, a kind of spine armed with teeth pointing backwards. 



Barbated, or bearded, (antennae) having tufts or fascicles of hair 

 at the articulations ; (abdomen) tufted with hair at the sides 

 or tip. 



Basal, or basilar, relating to the base. 



Base, (of the wing or elytra) that part which is attached to the 

 thorax : (of the thorax) that part which is nearest to the elytra ; 

 (of the abdomen) the part nearest to the metathorax; (of the 

 tongue) the portion included in the tubus; (of the maxillae) 

 the part below the palpus, including cardo and pecten. 



Bearded, barbated. 



Bicaudate, having two tails or processes ; this term is gener- 

 ally applied to the posterior wings of Lepidoptera when thus 

 formed. 



Bicormite, two-horned. 



Bicusjjidate, ending in two points. 



Bifarious, pointing in opposite directions. 



Bifid, cleft; cloven in two. See emarginate, furcate, biparted. 



Bijwjum, in two pairs. 



Bilamellar, divided into two laminae. 



Bilobate, divided into two lobes. 



Bilocvlar, having two cells or compartments. 



Binatc, in pairs : consisting of a single pair. 



Biparted, profoundly divided into two parts. See bifid. 



Bipupillate, an ocellate spot, having two pupils or dots within it, 

 of a different color. 



Biradiate, consisting of two rays. 



Bisetous, furnished with two setaceous appendages. 



Bivalve, (proboscis) consisting of two valves or divisions united, 

 so as to form a tube. 



Blind, or subocellate, applied to an eye-like spot which is desti- 

 tute of the central spot or pupil. 



