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iv. CLOTHING. 



a. GENERAL. 



1. SCUTATE (Scutata). Covered with large flat scales. 



Ex. Machilis polypoda. 



2. S>UAMOSE (Squamosa). Covered with minute scales. 



Ex. Lepidoptera. 



3. PULVERULENT (Pulverulenta) . Covered with very 



minute powder-like scales. Ex. Ceutorhynchus 

 Sisymbrii. 



4. POLLINOSE (Pottinosa). Covered with a loose mealy 



and often yellow powder resembling the pollen of 

 flowers. Ex. Lixus paraplecticus. 



5. FARINOSE (Farinosa). Covered with a fixed mealy 



powder resembling^fowr. Ex. Spots on the Elytra 

 of Cetonia aurata, variegata, &c. 



6. LUTOSE (Lutosa). Covered with a powdery sub- 



stance resembling mud or dirt, which easily rubs 

 off. Ex. Trox lutosus. 



7. RORULENT (Rorulenta). Covered like a plum with 



a bloom which may be rubbed off. Ex. Peltis 

 limbata. 



8. STUPEOUS (Stupea). Covered with long loose scales 



resembling tow. Ex. The Palpi of Lepidoptera. 

 Antenna; of some Diptera. PLATE XII. FIG. 

 23. 



9. PILOSE (Pilosa}. Covered with long distinct flexi- 



ble hairs. Ex. Thorax of Vespa Crabro. 



10. VILLOSE (Villosa). Covered with soft flexible hairs 



thickly set. Ex. Prothorax of Amphimatta solsti- 

 tialis. 



11. LAN ATE (Lanala). Covered with fine, very long, 



