164 BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OP MONTANA. 



Concolorous, of the same color, as the body agreeing in color with the 

 wings. 



Confluent, running into each other. 



Coniferous, cone-bearing. 



oonnivent, conveying or approaching. 



Conoidal, tending to a conical form. 



Contiguous, touching; placed so near as a touch. 



Convergent, approaching each other towards the tip. 



Cordate, heart-shaped. 



Corrugated, wrinkled. 



Costa, the thickened anterior part of the wing from the base to the apex. 



Cremaster, the anal hooks of the chrysalis, which fasten into silk to hold 

 the chrysalis in place. 



Crenate, scalloped. 



Cretaceous, chalky. 



Cruciferous, pertaining to the Cruciferae or mustard family of plants. 



Cubitus, the second longitudianl vein of the fore wing. 



Cuneiform, wedge, shaped. 



Cupreous, coppery; the color of copper. 



Dentate, toothed. 



Diaphanous, semi-transparent, clear. 



Dichotomous, forked; dividing by pairs. 



Diffuse, spreading. 



Dimorphous, two-formed: applied to a species existing in two forms 

 having different colors or markings. 



Discoidal, disk-shaped. 



Disk, the surface within the margin, usually between the end of the 

 cell and the outer margin. 



Diurnal, as applied to Lepidoptera, active during the day. 



Divergent, tending in different directions. 



Dorsal, of the back. 



Dorsum, the back or upper surface. 



Echinate, set with prickles. 



Edematous, dull translucent white. 



Edge, the margin. 



Egg, the first stage of an insect. 



Ellipsoid, pertaining to a solid every plane of which is an ellipse or circle. 



Elliptical, in the form an ellipse. 



Emarginate, notched. 



Entire, the margin smooth, or without teeth. 



Entomology, the branch of zoology that treats of insects. 



Epysillate,applied to an ocellate spot included in a colored ring, but desti- 

 tute of a pupil or central dot. 



Excision, a cutting off or out. 



Eyes, the organs of sight, composed of numerous hexagonal facets. 



Fasciated, banded. 



Fauna, the animal distribution of an era, or of a stated period. 



Fawn-color, light yellowish brown. 



Ferruginous, of the color of iron-rust. 



