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GLOSSARY. 



under the row of stigmata or 

 spiracles. 

 Su'bu-late. Awl-shaped. 

 Suc-cinc'ti (Lat. succinctus, 

 bound round). Those chrysa- 

 lids of butterflies which are 

 held in place by a silken cord 

 passing around the body. 



Suc-to'ri- al. Adapted for suck- 

 ing. 



Sul'cate. With groove-like ex- 

 cavations. 



Sus-pen'si (Lat. suspenms, sus- 

 pended). Those butterflies 

 whose chrysalids are suspend- 

 ed by the tail, i.e., cremaster, 

 head downward. 



Suture. A seam or impressed 

 line between the bones of the 

 " skull, or parts of the crust of 

 an Arthropod. 



Su-tu'ri form. Suture-shaped; 

 a suturiform articulation is 

 where a slight suture is visible, 

 as sometimes two abdominal 

 segments in Ichneumons are 

 soldered together without a 

 trace of a suture between them. 



Tactile. Relating to the sense 

 of touch. 



T^e-nid'i-um. The baud or chili- 

 nous fibre forming a part of 

 the so-called "spiral thread" 

 of the trachea? of insects. 



Taw ny. Fulvous; a pale, dirty 

 yellow. 



Teg'men (Lat. (ego, to cover). 

 Formerly applied to t>he fore 

 wings of Orthoptera, Cicada, 

 etc.; a wing-cover. 



Teg'u-la. The broad covering 

 scale under the base of the 



wing in Diptera; some authors 

 call it squama; in Lepidoptera, 

 the shoulder-tippets, or pa- 

 tagium. 



Tel' son (Gr. telson, from telos, 

 end). The rudimentary termi- 

 nal segment of the abdomen 

 of Arthropods, especially Crus- 

 tacea. 



Ten'e-ral (Lat. tener, tender). 

 A state of the May-tiy after 

 exclusion from the pupa, in 

 which it has not fully com- 

 pleted its coloring, clothing, 

 etc.; the subimago. 



Ten-tac'u-lum (Lat. tenia, I 

 touch). A feeler or tentacle. 



Ten-tori um. A chitinous 

 framework within the head, 

 upon which the brain rests, the 

 oesophagus passing upwards 

 between its anterior crura or 

 props. 



Te-rete'. Nearly cylindrical. 



Ter'gum (Lat. back). The dor- 

 sal region of Arthropods. 



Tes'sel-late. Spotted like a 

 checker-board. 



Tes-ta'ce-ous. Dull red; brick 

 color. 



Tho'rax (Gr. thorax, a breast, 

 plate). The middle region of 

 the body in insects and some 

 Crustacea. 



Thysan-u'ra. (Gr. tliusanoi, 

 fringes; oura, tail). The low- 

 est order of insects. 



To-men-tose'. Covered with 

 fine matted hairs. 



To-rose'. Protuberant; swell- 

 ing .into knobs or tuberosi- 

 ties. 



