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GLOSSARY, 



Hem-e-ly'tra. Applied to the 

 partly thickened fore wings of 

 Hemiptera. 



He-mip'te-ra (Gr. hemi, half; 

 pieron, wing). An order of 

 insects with the fore wings 

 partly opaque, which are called 

 hemelytra. 



Her-maph'ro-dite (Gr. Hermes, 

 Mercury; Aphrodite, Venus). 

 Any animal having the organs 

 of both sexes, usually the 

 ovary and testes, combined in 

 the same individual. 



Het-e-ro'ce-ra (Gr. lieieros, 

 different; keras, horn). The 

 moths, in which the antennae 

 are of different shapes, as dis- 

 tinguished from those of but- 

 terflies. 



Het-e-rog'a-my. Parthenogene- 

 sis ; applied to those cases in 

 which two sexual generations 

 or a sexual and parthenoge- 

 netic generation alternate. 



IIet-e-ro-gy'na (Gr. heteros, dif- 

 ferent; gune, woman). The 

 ants; referring to the different 

 kinds of individuals of ants, 

 i.e., the females and work- 

 ers, as distinguished from the 

 males. 



Hex-ap'o dous. Provided with 

 six feet. 



Hi-ber-nac'u lum. A tent 

 made out of a leaf in which 

 the larva hides or hiber- 

 nates. 



Hir-btjte'. Clothed with stiff 

 hairs. 



Hol-op tic. Contiguity of the 

 eyes in the male fly, between 



the vertex and the antennae. 

 (Williston.) 



Ho-mol'o-gy (Gr. homologia, 

 agreement). Implies identity 

 in structure between organs 

 which may have different uses; 

 as the fin of a whale, and the 

 foot of a dog, or a bird's wing. 

 Homology implies blood-rela- 

 tionship, i.e., a community of 

 origin between parts which 

 may have distinct uses. 



Hu'me-ral. Relating to the hu- 

 merus. 



Hu'me-rtjs. The anterior supe- 

 rior angle of the thorax in Dip- 

 tera. 



Hy'a-line. Transparent. 



Hy'da-tid. The bladder-worm, 

 or the cystic stage of a tape- 

 worm. 



Hy-men-op'te-ra (Gr. humen, 

 hymen, or membrane; pieron, 

 wing). An order of insects 

 with two pairs of membranous 

 wings. 



Hyp o-derm. The cellular layer 

 which secretes the chitinous 

 cuticula. 



llv i'o-glot'tis. A piece situat- 

 ed between the mentum and 

 labium in Clavicorn and Serri- 

 corn beetles. 



IIy-pom'e-ra (Gr. hupo, under; 

 meron, part). The inflexed 

 sides of the elytra of beetles. 

 (Casey.) 



Hy-po-phar'ynx. The lingua; 

 Huxley restricts it to the base 

 of the lingua. 



Hy-po-pyg i-um. The male sex- 

 ual organs and terminal seg- 



