GLOSSARY. 



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when a concavo-convex plate is af- 

 fixed to the outside of the cubit. 



Coalite. When parts usually separate are 

 distinguished neither by incisure, seg- 

 ment, nor suture. 



Coarctate. Enveloped closely by a case, 

 as the pupa of an insect which gives 

 no indication of the parts it covers. 



Cochlite. A fossil shell having a mouth 

 like that of a snail. 



Cocoon. An oblong ball or base in which 

 certain insects involve themselves and 

 pass their pupa state of existence ; as, 

 the silk-worm involves itself in a co- 

 coorc, by forming threads of which its 

 silk is afterwards composed. 



Cocldeated. Spiral, resembling a turbi- 

 nated shell. 



Coleopterous. Belonging to the Coleop- 

 tem, an order of insects in which the 

 first pair of wings serves as a sheath to 

 defend the second pair. 



Collapse. To close, by falling together. 



Collateral. Descending from the same 

 stock or ancestor. 



Colliform. When the prothorax is short 

 and rtarrow^ and not so conspicuous as 

 the other pieces of the trunk. 



Colligate. Adhering, or so fixed to any 

 part as to have no separate motion of 

 its own. 



(Mum (the neck). In entomology, the 

 constricted posterior part of a pedun- 

 culate head, by which it inosculates in 

 the trunk. 



Colon. In anatomy, the largest division 

 of the intestinal canal. 



Colnbrine. Relating to serpents. 



Columella. The central column, taking 

 its rise from the basal centre. 



Columellar. Pertaining to or resembling 

 a columella. 



Columnar. Formed like the shaft of a 

 column; the vertical section cuneate, 

 the circular horizontal. 



Comate. The surface thickly covered by 

 very long flexible hairs. 



Coinmigrate. To migrate together, or in 

 a body, from one country to another. 



Commissure. Articulation; a joint, seam, 

 or closure ; a suture in the cranium or 

 skull. Also, certain parts in the ven- 

 tricles of the brain, uniting the two 

 hemispheres. 



Comparative Anatomy. See Anatomy. 



Complanate. A convex or irregular sur- 

 face having a plain, light depression. 



Component. Forming a compound ; as 

 the component parts of a fossil sub- 

 stance, &c. 



Compositus (ventriculus). The upper part 

 of a stomach of an insect, having a 

 long, pear-shaped cell for the reception 

 of blood sucked from animals. 



Complicant. When the elytra lie a little 

 over each other. 



Compound Eyes. Those eyes of insects 

 which consist of an aggregate of hex- 

 agonal lenses. 



Compressed. Flatted at the sides verti- 

 cally. 



Concamerated. Arched over ; vaulted. 



Concave. Hollow, and arched, or round- 

 ed, as the inner surface of a spherical 

 body. 



Concavo-concave. Concave or hollow on 

 both surfaces. 



Concavo-convex. Concave on one side 

 and hollow on the other. 



Concentric. Having a common centre. 

 Surrounding a centre ; applied to the 

 direction taken by the lines of growth 

 in spiral and other shells. 



Conchce. Shells consisting of two or 

 more pieces or valves, bivalves or mul- 

 tivalves. 



Conchifer. A bivalve shell with unequal 

 valves. 



Conchiferous. Pertaining to the Conchtf- 

 erce, a class of invertebrated animals, 

 or Mollusca inhabiting bivalve shells. 

 Producing or having shells. 



Conchiform. When the base-covers of 

 an insect are a semicircular concavo- 

 convex scale, something resembling 

 the valve of a bivalve shell. 



Conchite. A fossil or petrified conch or 

 shell. 



Conchoidal. Resembling a conch or ma- 

 rine shell ; having convex elevations 

 and concave depressions, like shells. 



Conchological. Pertaining to conchol- 

 ogy. 



Conchology. The science which treats of 

 shells and their included animals. 



Conchylaccons. Pertaining to or resem- 

 bling a shell ; as conchylaceous impres- 

 sions. 



