EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



CalatMform, bowl-shaped ; hemispherical and concave. See 

 crateriform, proculiform. 



Calcarate, having a spur. 



Calyculate, double-cupped ; one cup placed within another. 



Campanulate, bell-shaped ; more or less ventricose at the base, 

 and a little recurved at the margin. 



Canaliculate, channelled; excavated longitudinally, with a con- 

 cave line in the middle. 



Cancellate^ or cancelled, cross-barred ; latticed ; having longi- 

 tudinal lines or grooves decussate by transverse ones. 



Canus, hoary, with more white than gray. 



Capillary, hair-like ; long and slender like a hair. See fili- 

 form. 



Capitate, having a head ; terminating in a little head or knob ; 

 it differs from clavate by a more abrupt enlargement. 



Capitulum, the dilated or labiated termination of a proboscis ; 

 the enlarged tip of the halteres. 



Caput, the head. 



Cardo, or cardines, in Hymenoptera, is a transverse corneous 

 body, situated between the base of the maxillae and the lora ; 

 they are mentioned by Svvammerdam as organs, by which, in 

 conjunction with the fulcrum, the proboscis is united to the 

 head. 



Carina, a keel. 



Carinate, keeled ; resembling a keel ; having a longitudinal 

 prominence like the keel of a boat. 



Carious, corroded, or having the appearance of being worm- 

 eaten. 



Carneous, flesh-coloured. 



Carpus, or punctum, is at the extremity of the radius and cu- 

 bitus of the anterior wing; this is the joint in the wing of 

 some insects by means of which it is folded transversely ; it 

 has been called stigma in the Neuroptera, and is often opake. 



Cartilaginous, of the consistence of cartilage or gristle. 



Caruncle, a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence. 



Cataphracted, invested with a hard callous skin, or with scales 

 closely united. 



Caterpillar, the larva or eruca. 



Cauda, the tail ; the posterior and terminal part of the abdomen; 

 an appendage of any kind terminating the abdomen is usually 

 called by this name. See anus. 



Caudate, generally applied to the posterior wings of Lepidop- 

 tera, to indicate tail-like projections or processes. 



Caudulx, tailets ; little tails. 



