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Connate, united at base. 



Connivent, converging or approaching; closing. 



Contiguous, touching; placed so near as to touch. See approxi- 

 mate. 



Contorted, twisted ; incumbent upon each other in an oblique 

 direction. 



Convolute, rolled or twisted spirally : (wings) wrapping around 

 the body, the outer surface being convex. See revolute, in- 

 volute. 



Converging, approaching each other towards the tip; connivent. 



Corbicula, in many species of Hymenoptera, is a fringe of hairs 

 on the posterior tibiae, arising from the margins of the limb 

 only. See scopa. 



Cordate, heart-shaped : it is not absolutely necessary that an 

 emargination should exist on the anterior part, but it requires 

 that the object be somewhat triangular with the corners of the 

 base rounded. 



Coriaceous, leather-like ; thick, tough, and somewhat rigid. 



Corneous, of a horny substance; resembling horn. 



Corniform, horn-shaped ; long, mucronate, or pointed. 



Cornutus, horn-shaped. 



Corona, a ci-own-like apppearance. 



Corpus, the body. 



Corrugated, wrinkled. 



Costa, the thickened anterior margin of a wing, between the base 

 and apex. See stigma. 



Costal-margin, the anterior margin of wing. 



Costate, ribbed; marked with elevated thickened lines. 



Coxoe, the two-jointed base of the feet; the apophysis, consisting 

 of the patella and trochanter. 



Crater if orm, somewhat like ccdathiform, but not so much in- 

 flated, and rather approaching to infundibuliform. See urceo- 

 late. 



Crenate, scolloped ; differs from serrate and dentate, in having 

 rounded teeth, not directed towards either end. 



Cruciate, cross-shaped; having the shape of a cross; (wings) 

 incumbent, but the inner margins lay one over the other. 



Crustaceous, somewhat hard, elastic, resisting the pressure of the 

 finger. 



