ENTOMOLOGY. GLOSSARY. 



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puris, a glow-worm. A genus of 

 insects. 



LAR'VA. Latin. A mask. The first 

 state of an insect after leaving the 



G SS- 

 LECTULA'RIUS. Latin. Belonging or 



relating to a bed. 

 LEPIDOP'TERA. From the Greek, 



lepis, a scale, and pteron, wing. 



An order of insects. 

 LEP'TUS. From the Greek, leptos, 



slender. A genus of arachni- 



dans. 

 LIBEL'LULA. Latin. A dragon-fly. 



A genus of insects. 

 LI'GULA. A part of the lower lip of 



insects. 

 LI'MULUS. From the Latin, limits, 



mud. A genus of crusta'ceans. 

 LOCUS'TA. Latin. A cray-fish. A 



genus of crusta'ceans. 

 LOCUS'T^E. Plural of Locusta. 

 LUCA'NUS. From the Greek, lukos, a 



kind of insect. A genus of beetles. 

 LUCI'FUGOS. ? Latin. Formed from 

 LUCI'FUGA. ^ lux, light, and fugo, 



I fly from. Light-avoiding. 

 LUM'BRICUS. A genus of annelidans, 



and also a genus of entozo'a. 

 LUM'BRICI. Plural of Lum'bricus. 

 LY'COSA. From the Greek, lukos, a 



wolf. A genus of arachnidans. 

 LY'COS^E. Plural of Lycosa. 

 MACROU'RA. From the Greek, ma- 



kros, long, and oura, tail. A sec- 

 tion of decapod crusta'ceans. 

 M^E'NAS. From the Greek, menis, 



wrath. Specific name of a crab. 

 MAM'MAL. Any animal that suckles 



its young. 

 MAN'DIBLE. From the Latin, man- 



dibula, a jaw. Applied to the 



lower jaw of mammals, and to 



both jaws of birds. In insects it 



is applied to the upper or anterior 



pair of jaws. 

 MANDUCA'TION. From the Latin, 



manduco, I chew. The act of 



chewing ; mastication. 

 MARI'NUS. Latin. Marine ; belong- 

 ing to the sea. 



MASTICA'TION. The act of chewing. 

 MAX'ILLA. Latin. The cheek-bone ; 



a mandible. 



. Plural of Maxilla. 



MAX'ILLARY. Relating to the Max- 

 ill. 



ME'DIA. Plural of Medium. 



ME'DIO-PEC'TUS. From the Latin, 

 medius, the middle, and pectus, 

 breast. The centre of the breast 

 of insects. See p. 15. 



ME'DIO-STER'NUM. The central por- 

 tion of the sternum or breast of 

 insects. 



ME'DIUM. The substance or matter 

 in which bodies exist, or through 

 which they pass in moving from 

 one point to another. The air, for 

 example, is a medium, in which 

 we exist ; fishes live in another 

 medium. 



MEDU'SA. A genus of marine ani- 

 mals of the class Acale'pha. 



MEDU'S^E. Plural of Medusa. 



MELO-LON'THA. Greek. From me- 

 lon, an apple, and anthos, flower. 

 Generic name of a kind of beetle. 



MEM'BRANOUS. Of the nature of 

 membrane. 



MEN'TUM. Latin. The chin. 



ME'SOTHORAX. From the Greek, 

 mesos, the middle, and thorax, the 

 chest. The middle ring of the 

 thorax of insects. 



METAMOR'PHOSIS. From the Greek, 

 mela, indicating change, and mor- 

 phe, form. Transformation. The 

 change which insects undergo. 



METAMOR'PHOSES. Plural of Meta- 

 morphosis. 



ME'TATHORAX. From the Greek, 

 meta, between, and thorax, chest. 

 The third ring of the thorax of 

 insects, so called, because it is be- 

 tween the chest and abdomen. 



MI'CROSCOPE. From the Greek, 

 mikros, small, and skoped, I view. 

 An optical instrument, by means 

 of which we are enabled to ex- 

 amine minute objects, such as 

 cannot be seen by the naked eye. 



MICROSCO'PIC. Belonging or relating 

 to a microscope, 



MI'GRATORY. From the Latin, mi- 

 grate, to move from one place to 

 another. Applied to animals which 

 habitually change their place ot 

 residence. 



MOL'LUSK, From the Latin, mollis 



