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d. MULTIPARTITE (Multipartita). Divided into more 

 \hvsxifour parts. 



6. LOBATE (Lobata), Divided to the middle into parts 



with convex margins, which recede from each 

 other. Ex. Acanthia paradoxa. Bilobate, with 

 two lobes. Trilobate, with three lobes, &c. 



7. CRUCIATE (Cruciata). Divided to the middle into 



four opposite arms, the angles being either four 

 right ones, or two obtuse and two acute. Ex. 

 Prothorax of many Locusts. 



8. SINUATE (Sinuata). Having large curved breaks 



in the margin resembling bays. PLATE XIV. 

 FIG. 1. 



9. EROSE (Erosa). Sinuate, with the sinuses cut out 



into smaller irregular notches as if gnawed. Ex. 

 Wings of Vanessa C. album. 



10. CRENATE (Crenata}. Cut into segments of small 



circles. 



11. SERRATE (Serrata). Cut into teeth like a saw, with 



teeth whose sides are unequal. Ex. External mar- 

 gin near the Apex of the Elytra of many species of 

 Buprestis. 



12. DENTATE (Dentata). Cut into teeth, with teeth 



whose sides are equal or nearly so. Ex. The 

 Wings of many Butterflies. 



13. REPAND (Repanda). Cut into very slight sinua- 



tions, so as to run in a serpentine direction. PLATE 

 XXII. FIG. 11.5. 



XI. RAMIFICATION. 



1. DICHOTOMOUS (Dichotoma]. Dividing regularly in 

 pairs. 



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