.\.\\iii GLOSSAHY. 



Serrate. Furnished with strong teeth, like a saw. 



Sessile. (Of the abdomen) broadly connected with thorax ; in contradistinction 

 to petiolute. 



Seta. An elongated, isolated bristle. 



Setaceous. Gradually tapering from base to apex, like a bristle. 



Setigerous. Bearing setae. 



Shagreened. Unevenly glabrous; not smooth, but with sculpture obsolete. 



Siiitple. Bearing no peculiar modifications. 



Sinuate. Presenting a waved and undulating outline, less strong than 

 emarginate. 



SiMtulifor-n. Flattened out, deplanate ; like a spatula. 



Spicula. The oviduct, or central organ of the terebra ; of female only. 



Sjn/iose. Bearing spines or isolated bristles. 



Spinulose. Bearing small, often indistinct, spines. 



Spiracles. A respiratory opening upon the surface of the body. 



Sternauli. The short, and often absent, furrows on either side of the meso- 

 s tern urn. 



Sternum. The lower surface of the thorax ; that of protborax is the pro- 

 sternum, &c. 



Stigma. The corneous mass in the centre of the front margin of the fore 

 wings. 



Stramineous. Straw-coloured ; primrose-yellow ; between white and flavous. 



Striate. Furnished with series of distinct impressed lines; stronger than 

 aciculate. 



Strigose. Furrowed or wrinkled. 



Striolate. Furnished with large and deep acieulations ; finer than striate. 



Sub-. In composition, diminishes the qualification. 



Sitlcus. An impressed, elongate furrow. 



Sulciform. Resembling a sulcus. 



Tarsus. The apical section of the leg, next after the tibia; the foot; 



consisting of five distinct joints, of which the onychium bears two 



claws. 



Tectiform. Roof-shaped. 



Tegula. The cover of the wing-base ; sqarnulse of various authors. 

 Terebra. Ovipositor ; borer ; aculeus ; the oviduct and sheaths collectively ; 



of female only. 



Testaceous. ^ Darkish yellow ; between flavous and fulvous. 

 Thorax. The trunk or middle section of the body, bearing the legs and 



wings ; always divided into three parts, termed the pro-, meso-, and 



metathorax ; the upper surface is the notum, the lower the sternum. 



and the lateral are the pleurae (for details, see p. 10). 

 ThyridiL The apical margin of the gastroco?li, often alone visible. 

 Tibia. The fourth section of the leg, between the femur and the tarsus : 



the shin. 



Tomentose. Covered with hort interwoven hairs or pile. 

 Trochanter. The second section of the leg, between the coxa and femur ; 



divided in all Ichneumoniclji- into two joints, the apical of which is the 



trochanterellus. 



