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GLOSSARY. 



. Front edge'of.the wing (Fig. Fig. 346. 



121, a). 

 Cox'a. A small piece between the 



thigh and body (Figs. 89 and 



103.) 



Cre'nate. Scolloped, the teeth rounded. 

 Crenelated Having the edge notched. 

 Cu'preous. Coppery. 

 Cylindrical. Round and long, and of 



the same thickness throughout. 

 Decum'beiit. Bending down. 

 Deflect'ed. Bent down. 

 Den'tate. Toothed. 

 Den'tiform. Having the form of teeth. 

 Depressed'. Flattened from above. 

 Diffuse'. Spread widely. 

 Dig'itate. Divided like the fingers. 

 Digit'uli. The stout hairs, sometimes 



knobbed at the tip, which occur 



upon the feet of many kinds of 



Plant-lice and Scale-insects. 

 Dilat'ed. Widened. 

 Disc'al. Relating to the disk. 

 Dlsc'al cell. A cell situated at the 



base of the wing in the Butter- 

 flies and Moths, but which in the 



Two-winged Flies is nearest to 



the outer margin. (See Cell.') 

 Disk. The upper central part of any given surface. 

 Discoid'al. Relating to the disk. 



Diur'rial. Applied to insects that are active during the day. 

 Divar'icate. Spreading apart. 

 Dor 'sal. Relating to the back. 

 Ellip'tical. Elongate-oval. 



Elyt'ra. The hard wing-cases or fore-wings of Beetles. 

 Emar'ginate. Notched. 

 Entomol'ogy. The natural history and habits of insects. 



