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2. ORDINATE (Ordinata). When spots, puncta, &c. 

 are placed in rows. Thus we say ordinato-punc- 

 tate, ordinato-maculate, &c. Ex. Spots on the 

 Abdomen of Spilosoma lubricipeda, erminea, &c. 



5 CONTIGUOUS (Contigud). When spots, &c. are so 

 near that they almost or altogether touch each 

 other. Ex. Spots in the margin of the Wings of 

 Argynnis Aglaia 



4f. CONFLUENT (Co?ifluens). When spots, &c. run into 

 each other. Ex. Apex of the Primary Wings and 

 Under side of the Secondary in Pontia Daplidice. 



5. OBLITERATE (Obliterata). When the borders of 



spots fade into the general ground-colour; and 

 when elevations and depressions, &c. are so little 

 raised or sunk from the general surface, as to be 

 almost erased. Ex. Streak in the Wings of Hip- 

 parchus papilionarius, &c. Strife in the Elytra of 

 Sphodrus leucophthalmus. 



6. OBSOLETE (Obsoleta). When a spot, tubercle, 



punctum, &c. is scarcely discoverable. Ex. Ly- 

 ccena Hippothoe $ and ? . N.B. This term is often 

 employed where one sex, Jcindred species., or genera, 

 want, or nearly so, a character which is conspicuous 

 in the other sex, or in the species or genus to which 

 they are most closely allied. 



7. G EMI NO us (Gemina). When there is a pair of 



spots, tubercles, puncta, &c. Ex. Head of one 

 sex of Dorcus parallelopipedus. Upper Wings of 

 Odenestis potatoria. 



8. DIDYMOUS (Didyma). When this pair of spots, &c. 



touch or are confluent. Ex. Spots in Elytra of 

 Tylostagmus quadrimacidatus. 



