Glossary of Terms Used Continued 



Stigmatal Area: Portion of the costal margin of a wing, usually at 

 the end of the radius and marked by opacity, thickening or extra 

 veined, frequently called the nodal veins. 



Stria-ae: Longitudinal or transverse depressed line or furrow. 



Striate: Marked with parallel, fine, impressed lines. 



Style: Process at end of abdomen. 



Sub: Nearly or in a slight degree; under or beneath. 



Subcostal: Beneath or below the costa. 



Sulcus: A furrow or groove. 



Supra: Over; above. 



Supra-humeral: Over or above the shoulders. 



Superior: Above, upper, or in front of; a term of position. 



Suture: A seam or impressed line. 



Symbiosis: Used where two kinds of animals or plants live together, 

 true symbiosis being where both parties to the relation benefit. 



Tarsus-i: The foot. 



Tawny: A brownish yellow, like the color of a tanned hide; may 

 approach reddish-brown, tho paler. 



Tectiform: Concealed; covered. 



Tegmina: The wing covers, attached to the mesothorax. 



Testaceous: Dull yellowish brown. 



Tortuose: Snake-like; irregularly curved and bent. 



Truncate: Cut off squarely at tip. 



Tuberculate: With tubercles, pimples or chitinous buttons. 



Type: A unique or single specimen selected from a series .and 

 labeled by the describer to represent his name and description; 

 where both male and female are described, the first specimen 

 described is designated as the holotype and the opposite sex as 

 the allotype, the remainder of the series as paratypes. 



Ultimate: Last or final. 



Undulate: Wavy; curved in and out; sinuous. 



Valve: A small transverse or generally triangular piece behind the 

 last full ventral segment, at base of plates in male Homoptera. 



Variety: Any departure from the normal type of a species which, 

 while retaining the specific characters, is yet recognizably differ- 

 ent because of climatic, seasonal, and other influences; may occur 

 with the type form or as a geographical race; based principally 

 on differences in coloration more than in structural ones. 



Venation: The system of chitinous frame-work supporting the wings 

 and covers; system of veins; nervation. 



Ventral: Of or belonging to the lower or under surface. 



Vitreous: Glassy, transparent. 



Vitta: A stripe or band. 



Vittate: Striped or banded. 



Wings: The underwings or secondaries. 



Wing Covers: The elytra or tegmina. 



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