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Larva. The first stage of an insect after it is excluded from the egg. 



Lateral. Pertaining to the sides. 



Laterally. Sideways. 



Linear. Shaped like a line ; very narrow in form. 



Lineated. Provided with line-like marks. 



Lunule. A half-moon-shaped object or mark. . 



Lurid. Bright colors obscured. 



Luteous. Egg-yellow; clay-yellow. 



Maculose. Spotted. 



Mandibles. Jaws ; two, generally horny pieces of the mouth, imme- 

 diately under the labrum. 



Mandibulate. Tarnished with mandibles. 



Margined. Edged ; provided with a margin. 



Marmorated. Marbled ; veined like marble. 



Maxillae. Pieces of the mouth which occupy the places of the jaw-bones. 



Maxillary palpi. Jointed appendages attached to the maxillae. 



Median, or. Medial. Of, or occupying the middle. 



Median Nervule. The third basal nervule in Calopterygina, &c. 



Median space. The posterior space at the base of the wings in Calop- 

 teryx, &c. 



Membranaceous. Of a membrane-like character. 



Membranule. The small triangular flap at the interior base of the wings 

 in Libellulina, &c. 



Meridional. Equatorial. 



Mesothorax. Middle primary divisfbn of the thorax. 



Metathorax. The posterior primary division of the thorax. 



Mobile. Movable. 



Moniliform. Shaped like a string of beads. 



Multi-areolate, Composed of many small areas or spaces. 



Multi-articulate. Composed of many articles or joints. 



Mutic. Unarmed, . e., without spines, &c. 



Nasus. A space directly above the labrum. 



Nasute. Bearing a projection like a nose ; said of certain workers, &c., 

 amongst the Termites. 



Nebula. A cloud-like spot. 



Nodal. Pertaining to an oblique stout vein, called the nodus. 



Nodulose. Clothed with knot-like small prominences. 



Nodus. A stout, oblique, short vein in the Odonata, at the place where 

 the anterior margin of the wings is somewhat drawn in. 



Obovate. Inversely ovate, the smaller end turned towards the base. 



Obsolete. Not distinct, or almost lost to view. 



Obtected. Covered. 



Ocelli. The simple eyes of insects ; usually three amongst the Neuroptera. 



Ochraceous, or Ochreous Of a more or less deep ochre-color. 



Occiput. The back part of the head behind the vertex. 



Olivaceous. Of an olive-color. 



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