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with mucros, spines and tubercles intermixed. 

 Ex. Numerous species of Bronchus. 



47. GRANULE (Granulum). A very minute elevation. 



48. GRANULATE (Granulatd). Beset with many gra- 



nules like shagreen. Ex. Otiorhynchus sulcatus. 

 Prothorax of Copris Molossus. 



49. SCABROUS (Scabra): Rough to the touch from gra- 



nules scarcely visible. Ex. Elytra of Otiorhyn- 

 chus Ligustici. 



50. PAPILLULE (Papillula}. A tubercle or variole with 



an elevation in its centre. 



51. PAPILLULATE (PapilMata). Beset with many pa- 



pillules. Ex. Elytra of Dynastes Hercules ? . 



52. CATENULATE (Catenulatd). Having a series of ele- 



vated oblong tubercles resembling a chain. Ex. 

 Carabus catenulatus. 



53. SPHERULATE (Sphterulata). Having one or more 



rows of minute tubercles. Ex. Trox lutosus, 

 Limnius tuberculatus. 



54-. CONSUTE (Consutd). Having very minute elevations 

 in a series at some distance from each other, of a 

 different colour from the rest of the surface, and 

 somewhat resembling stitching. Ex. Elytra of 

 Oryctes Sylvanus (Ccclosis K. MS.). 



55. INTRICATE (Intricata}. When depressions or ele- 



vations so run into each other as to be difficult to 

 trace. Ex. Elytra of Carabus intricatus. 



56. CORRUGATE (Corrugata). When a surface rises and 



falls in parallel angles more or less acute. Ex. 

 Front of Nothiophilus aquaticus. 



57. OBLITERATE (Obliterata). Applied to impressions 



and elevations when almost effaced. 



