GLOSSARY. 393 



Lethargic, becoming torpid or inactive. 

 Liffula, tongue. 

 Lilacinous, lilac color. 



Linear, narrow and of nearly uniform width. 

 Lineated, streaked, or marked with lines. 

 Livid, dark gray, verging towards violet. 

 Longitudinal, the direction of the longest diameter. 

 Lunate, crescent-shaped ; formed like a new moon. 

 Lurid, of a dirty brown color. 

 Luteus, unmixed yellow. 



Macula, a spot larger than a puncture, of some other than the gen- 

 eral color. 



Maculate, or Maculated, spotted. 

 Mandibles, the upper jaws. 

 Margin, the edge of a wing, or along the edge. 

 Maxillae, the lower jaws, placed between the upper jaws and the 



lower lip. 



Maxillary palpi, filaments attached to the maxillae. 

 Mesial, middle, as a band or stripe across the middle portion of the 



wing. 

 Mesonotum, the covering of the middle of the dorsal portion of the 



thorax. 

 Mesothorax, that division of the thorax to which the middle pair 



of legs are attached. 

 Metamorphoses, transformations. 

 Metathorax, that division of the thorax to which the hind pair of 



legs are attached. 



Micropyle, the apex of the egg of an insect. 

 Moult, or Molt, shedding or casting off the larva skin. 

 Nebulous, clouded. 



Nervures, divisions of the nerves or veins of a wing. 

 Niger, black a little tinged with gray. 

 Obconic, inversely conic. 

 Obcordate, inversely heart-shaped. 



Oblong, the transverse diameter much shorter than the longitudinal. 

 Obovate, inversely egg-shaped. 

 Obsolete, indistinct. 

 Occiput, the hinder part of the head. 

 Ocelli, eye-like spots on the wings of Lepidoptera ; simple eyes of 



insects. 



