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Villous, soft haired ; clothed with long, soft hair. See hirsute, 

 pubescent. 



Violaceous, violet colour ; a mixture of blue and red. 



Viscid, covered with a resinous or greasy matter. See glutin- 

 ous. 



Vitellinus, yellow, with a slight tinge of red. 



Vitta, a longitudinal coloured line. 



W. 



Whirls, or whorls, generally on the antennae, consisting of small 

 hairs placed round the joints, like spokes round the nave of a 

 wheel. See verticellate. 



Wing-cells, the areae. 



Winglets, small concavo-convex scales generally fringed at tip, 

 placed under the base of the jelytra in Dy tiscus marginalis. 



Wings, membranaceous, reticulated instruments of flight, affixed 

 laterally to the thorax, comprehending superior or anterior, 

 and inferior or posterior wings, elytra and hemelytra. See 

 posterior angle, nervure, stigma. 



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