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Stipes, the stalk or basal portion of the proboscis. 



Stipitate, supported on & pedicle. 



Stria, a longitudinal line, often punctured, generally proceeding 



from the base to the apex of the elytra. 



Striate, scored ; marked with fine, parallel, impressed, longitu- 

 dinal lines. See sulcate. 

 Striga, a narrow transverse line. See fascia. 

 Strigilis, a deep sinus near the base of the palma ; in some 



Hymenoptera it is often pectinated. 



Strigose, clothed with rigid bristles thickest at base. See hispid. 

 Sub, is prefixed to many of the terms used in Entomology, and 



signifies that the term is not exactly applicable, in its strictly 



defined sense, to the subject spoken of, but that it must be 



understood with some latitude; thus subovate is somewhat 



egg-shaped. 

 Subcutaneous, placed under the skin ; applied to larvae which 



feed under the skin of animals, or within the substance of |he 



leaf of a plant. 



Suberoded, (wings) somewhat indented, but irregularly. 

 Submargin, an imaginary portion of a surface, situated exterior 



to the disk, and within the margin. 

 Submarginal cellules, the cubital cellules. 

 Subocellate, applied to a spot on the wing of a Lepidopterous 



Insect, when it resembles an ocellate spot, but is destitute of a 



pupil ; blind. 



Subulate, awl-shaped ; linear at base and attenuated at the tip. 

 Sulcated, marked with broad, concave, parallel lines ; grooved ; 



furrowed. See striate. 



Sulphureous, bright yellow ; the colour of sulphur. 

 Superciliary, placed above the eyes. 

 Superior wings, the anterior or upper pair of wings. 



T. 



Tail, the terminal segment of the abdomen ; an elongation of 

 the tip of the inferior wing in some Lepidoptera. 



Tarsus, the small terminal joints of the feet, divided into planta, 

 digitus ; Kirby limits this designation to the terminal joints 

 of the intermediate and posterior pairs of feet ; for that of the 

 anterior pair see manus ; but authors generally have not made 

 this distinction. 



Tegmina, wing covers of the Orthoptera ; the left laps over the 

 right in Blatta, Phasma, and male Locustae, and generally in 

 Gryllus and Truxalis the right over the left in Mantis, 



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