10 EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



in such insects as have that part of the body divided into several 

 pieces, as in the Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, &c. ; in reality 

 it corresponds with the thorax of the Coleoptera, &c. See 

 col/are. 

 Columnar, differs from cylindric, by tapering towards one end, 



like the shaft of a column. 



Comose, ending in a tuft, or a kind of brush.. See plumose. 

 Compressed, flattened laterally ; the transverse diameter much 



shorter than the vertical diameter. See depressed. 

 Concolores, applied to the wings of Lepidopterous insects when 



their superior and inferior surfaces are of the same colour. 

 Conduplicate, doubled, or folded together. 

 Confert, crowded, clustered ; opposed to sparse. 

 Confluent, running into one another. 

 Congested, heaped together. 

 Conglomerate, congregated. 

 Conjugate, consisting of a single pair. 

 Connate, united at base. 



Connivent, converging or approaching; closing. 

 Contiguous, touching ; placed so near as to touch. See approxi- 

 mate. 

 Contorted, twisted ; incumbent upon each other in an oblique 



direction. 



Convolute, rolled or twisted spirally ; (wings) wrapping around 

 the body, the outer surface being convex. See revolute, in- 

 volute. 



Converging, approaching each other towards the tip ; connivent. 

 Corbicula, in many species of Hymenoptera, is a fringe of hairs 

 on the posterior tibia, arising from the margins of the limb 

 only. See scopa. 



Cordate, heart-shaped ; it is not absolutely necessary that an 

 emargination should exist on the anterior part, but it requires 

 that the object be somewhat triangular with the corners of the 

 base rounded. 



Coriaceous, leather-like; thick, tough, and somewhat rigid. 

 Corneous, of a horny substance; resembling horn. 

 Corniform, horn-shaped ; long, mucronate, or pointed. 

 Cornutus, horn-shaped. 

 Corona, a crown-like appearance. 

 Corpus, the body. 

 Corrugated, wrinkled. 

 Costa^ the thickened anterior margin of a wing, between the 



base and apex. See stigma. 

 Costal-margin, the anterior margin of a wing. 



