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B. 



badius, liver brown, clearer and lighter than castaneus. 



barb, a kind of spine armed with teeth bending backwards. 



burbatits,-ted or bearded, tufted with hair. 



basalis, basilar, relating to the base, arising from the base. 



base, that side whereby a portion is affixed to the body ; — of thorax where it 

 is attached to the elytra or wings ; — of elytra or wings, where they are 

 attached to the thorax ; — of head where it joins the thorax ; — of maxil- 

 la the part below the palpus, including eardo and pecten ; — of abdomen 

 the part nearest to the thorax. 



bicaudatus, having two tails or processes. 



bieornutus, two horned. 



bifid, cleft; cloven in two. 8ee emarginate, furcate, biparted. 



bijugum, in two pairs. 



bifnrcatus, furcate, a part not over the half of its length divided into two dull 

 points. 



bilateratiter, bilateral, on both sides. 



bilamellar, divided into two laminpe. 



bilobatus, divided into two lobes 



bUocular, having two cells or compartments. 



binate, in pairs; consisting of a single pair. 



binus, double, (most organs of Insects). 



biparted, profoundly divided into two parts. 



bipupillate. an ocellate spot, having two pupils or dots within it, of a different 

 cole ir. 



biradiate, consisting of two rays. 



biscuspis, bicuspidate, ending in two points. 



bisetosus, furnished with two setaceous appendages. 



bisinttatus, bisinuate, a margin having two sinuations or incisions. 



hi valve, (proboscis) consisting of two valves or divisions united, so as to form 

 a tube. 



boreal, of or belonging to the north. 



botryoidal, clustered like a bunch of grapes. 



brachelytra, short winged. 



branchiae, air-tubes of aquatic larvre, see tracheae, stigmata, spiracles. 



brachial nervures, nervures of the anterior wings, that originate at the thorax 

 and run somewhat parallel with the interior edge, towards the posterior 

 angle or posterior edge often connected with the cubital cellules by 

 means of recurrent nervures. 



brevis, breviter, short. 



bronze, the color of old brass. 



brunneus, pure brown, reddish brown. 



buccatus, blown up, distended ; — tumidus. 



bulla, blister. 



bullatus, bvllosus, blistered. 



C. 



cadueUs, shedding; easily and quickly falling 

 caeruleus, or coeruleus, sk_y-blue, light blue. 

 caeseus, a pale grey, sordid blue. 



Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. June 1879. 



