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GLOSSARY. 



the subcostal vein, the median 

 vein of Lepidoptera. 



Rap-tori- AL. Adapted for seiz- 

 ing prey. 



Re-cli'vate. Curved in a con- 

 vex, then in a concave, line. 



Re curv-ed. Curved backwards. 



Ren'i-form. Kidney-shaped. 



Re-pand'. Wavy; with alter- 

 nate segments of circles and 

 intervening angles. 



Re-tic'u-lat-ed. Marked like 

 network. 



Re-trorse'. (Sinuate) pointing 

 backwards; (serrate) inversely 

 serrated. 



Re-tuse'. Ending in an obtuse 

 sinus or broad, shallow notch. 



Rev-oltjte. Rolled backwards. 



Rhab'di tes. The blade-like ele- 

 ments of the sting and oviposi- 

 tor of insects. 



Rho-pa-lo'ce-ra (Gr. rhopalon, 

 a club; keras, horn). Those 

 Lepidoptera with club-shaped 

 antennae, i.e., the butterflies. 



Ri-mose'. Full of cracks. 



Rin'gent. Gaping. 



Rostrum. A beak. 



Ru-fes'cent. Somewbat red- 

 dish. 



Ru'fous. Reddish. 



Rugose'. Wrinkled. 



Run'ct-nate. Notcbed; cut into 

 several transverse, acute seg- 

 ments which point backwards. 

 (Say.) 



Sac'cate. Gibbous, or inflated 

 towards one end. 



Sag'it-tal. Equivalent lo lon- 

 gitudinal. 



San-guin'e-ous. Bloodred. 



Sca'brous. Rough like a file, 

 with small raised dots. 



Scai/lop-ed. Edge marked by 

 rounded hollows without inter- 

 vening angles. 



Scal-pel'lus. One of the lancet- 

 like niaxilke of flies. 



Scape. The basal joint of cer- 

 tain antennae (LeConte); usu- 

 ally applied to the three basal 

 joints, as in Hymenoptera, etc. ; 

 by some authors the second 

 autennal joint. 



Scap'u-la. The shoulder-tippets, 

 patagia, or teguke, in Lepi- 

 doptera. 



Scle'rite. A single portion 

 of an insect's skin or integu- 

 ment, separated by suture from 

 the adjoining parts; the scu- 

 tum, scutellum, or sternum is 

 a sclerite. 



Sco'pa. The stout bristles on 

 the hind tibiae of bees, aiding 

 in forming the corbicula. 



Scop'u-la. The bristles cover- 

 ing the inside of the plantoe, 

 especially of the hind feet; 

 scopa of Schrank. (Say.) 



Soko-bic'u-late. Pitted; hav- 

 ing the surface covered with 

 hollows; favose. 



Scute. Applied to the dorsal 

 pieces in Myriopods. 



Se-bif'ic. Oily; sebaceous. 



Second-a-iues. The hind wings 

 of Lepidoptera. 



Sec'toks. Longitudinal veins in 

 Odonata which strike the prin- 

 cipal veins at an angle, and 

 usually reach the apex or hind 

 margin of the wing. 



