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serrulate : with small saw - like 



teeth. 



seta : a fine bristle. 

 shade: a cloudy ill-defined streak. 

 sinuate : slightly curved inwards. 

 spiracle : a breathing-aperture. 

 stalked: rising from a common 



stalk. 



stria ; a fine transverse line. 

 striated : with numerous striae. 

 striga : a slender streak. 

 strigula: a short fine transverse 



mark. 

 strigulated: with numerous stri- 



gulae. 

 sub-: in composition, denotes 



nearly or rather. 



termen : posterior margin of wing. 



tornal : touching tornus. 



tornus : the junction of the termen 



and dorsum. 



trachea : a breathing- tube. 

 trifid : cleft into three lobes. 

 trifurcate : with three branches. 

 truncate: with a straight vertical 



uncus : a curved upper genital 



process. 

 unipectinated ; with one series of 



pectinations. 

 vein: a branch of the tubular 



framework of the wing. 

 whorl : a circular series. 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS' NAMES 



Esp. Esper. 



Ev. Eversmann. 



F. Fabricius. 



Forst. Forster. 



F. R. Fischer von Roslerstamm. 



Fr. Frey. 



Frol. Frblich. 



Frr. Freyer. 



Fuesl. Fuessly. 



Geoffr. Geoffroy. 



Germ. Germar 



Gem. Gerning. 



Gn. Guen^e. 



Gregs. Gregson. 



Oz. Goze. 



Hatch. Hatchelt. 



Hb. Hiibner. 



Hein. Heinemann. 



Heyd. Hey den. 



H.-G. Hiibner and Geyer. 



