20 EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



and near their tip supporting the labial palpi ; they are dis- 

 tinguished from those palpi by being flat instead of cylindrical. 



Lacinias interiores, (in the family Apidae,) two inarticulate, mem- 

 branaceous valves, which embrace the tongue at its entrance 

 into the tube. 



Laciniated, jagged ; cfit into irregular segments. 



Lactescent, yielding or secreting a milky fluid. 



Lacteus, of a shining white or milky colour. 



Lacunose, pitted ; having the surface covered with small cavities. 

 Scefavose. 



Lamella, a thin plate or foliation. 



Lamellated, (antennae) divided laterally into distinct plates or 

 foliations. See fissile, setaceous, &c. 



Lanate, woolly ; ^covered with dense, fine, long, white hairs, so 

 distinct that tney may be separated. See tomentose. 



Lanceolate, lance or spear-shaped ; oblong and tapering to the 

 end. 



Larva* the first state of an insect subsequent to the egg ; it is 

 known by the names maggot, grub, caterpillar, &c. ; it is slow, 

 sterile, and voracious; the old authors called it eruca. 



Lateral, situated on the side. 



Lateritious, brick-colour; like miniatus, but duller, and verg- 

 ing towards yellow. 



Latticed, cancellated. 



Leg, the tibia. 



Lenticular, spherically convex on both sides ; a depressed double 

 convex figure. 



Lepidoptera, an order of insects, of which the wings are four in 

 number, covered by minute imbricated scales ; as butterflies 

 and moths. 



Leprous, with loose irregular scales. 



Ligula, tongue; the superior portion of the labium ; it is situ- 

 ated beneath the maxillae, generally of a soft texture, often 

 bifid, and frequently coriaceous at base. See lingula, rostel- 

 lum, rostrum, haustellum, proboscis, promuscis, and tubus. 



Ligulate, strap-shaped, cut off at top: somewhat linear, and 

 much longer than broad. 



Lilacinous, lilac colour ; like violaceous, but duller, tinged with 

 red. 



Limb, the circumference. 



Line, the twelfth part of an inch. 



Linear, with parallel sides ; narrow and nearly of a uniform 

 breadth. 



Lineatedy lined ; streaked ; marked with lines. 



