18 BRITISH BEETLES. 



Ferruginous. Brick-red; rust-red'. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped. 



Flabellate. Fan-shaped. 



Fossorial. Adapted for digging. 



Fovea. A large depression in the surface. 



Funiculus. The joints between the base and club of the 



antennae. 

 Fuscous. Brown. 

 Fusiform. Spindle-shaped. 

 Geniculate. Elbowed, or kneed. 

 Gibbous. Hump-backed. 

 Glabrous. Unpunetured, smooth, and hairless. 

 Granulate. With small rounded-off elevations. 

 Gressorial. Adapted for walking. 

 Hirsute. Set with thick long hairs. 

 Hispid. Set with short bristles. 

 Humerus. The shoulder. 

 Humeral. Relating, or near to the shoulder. 

 Hyaline. Glassy. 

 Jncrassate. Thickened. 



Interstices. The spaces between punctures or striae. 

 Iridescent. Exhibiting prismatic colours. 

 Laminate. Plated. 

 Lateral. Appertaining to the side. 

 Linear. Line-like ; narrow, elongate. 

 Lineate. Striped longitudinally. 

 Lobe. A lappet or division. 

 Lunulate. Crescent-shaped. 



Maculate. Spotted (not necessarily with round marks) . 

 Margin. Outer edge. 

 Moniliform. Bead-shaped. 

 Natatorial. Adapted for swimming. 

 Necrophagous. Feeding on dead animals. 



