EXPLANATION 



OF 



TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGY, 



A. 



Abbreviated, shortened, not extending to the extremity of a 

 given part; (elytra) shorter than the abdomen. 



Mdomen, the posterior portion of the body, divided into seg- 

 ments or rings, by sutures or incisures ; including the viscera, 

 genitals, &c., and composed of tergum, venter, stigmata, and 

 anus. 



Mrupt, terminating suddenly, not drawn out to a point. 



lAcetabuliform, like a circular shallow saucer, the sides of which 

 are more or less incurved. See calathiform. 



Jlcetabulum, that segment of the postpectus that is situated be- 

 hind the peristaethium ; it is bounded each side by the para- 

 pleurae, and behind by the mserianse ; it contains cavities be- 

 fore for the insertion of the intermediate feet. 



Jlcicular, needle-shaped ; approaching subulate, but more slen- 

 der, with a more delicate and pungent point; closely allied to 

 acerose. 



Jlcinaciform, cimitar-shaped ; sabre-shaped ; one thick and 

 straight edge, the other thin and curved. 



Jlcini, granulations. 



Aculeate, prickly ; furnished with, or ending in, prickles ; 

 armed with small sharp points. 



Aculeate-serrate, armed with numerous short spines or prickles 

 inclining towards one end. 



ftculei, prickles; small sharp points. 



*ftculeus, the instrument and appendages with which the female 

 lays her eggs; the oviduct or sting; an elongated dart, often 

 poisonous, seated in the extremity of the abdomen ; it is com- 

 pound, having two or more darts ; exserted, projecting ; re- 



