calathiform, ball-shaped, hemispherical and concave. See crcrteriform, pro- 



culiform. 

 calcar, (plural calcaria) a spur ; is moveable while spine (thorn) is not. 

 calcaraMbS, having a spur. _ 



callosus, a substance without pores, harder than the surrounding matter and 



usually elevated above it. 

 callus, callous, a thick swollen lump. 



calyculatus, double cupped, one cup placed within another. 

 calva, skull-cap ; see epicranium. ,,.-»., 



campanulatus, bell-shaped; more or less ventncose at the base and a little re- 

 curved at the margin. 

 canaliculatus, furnished with longitudinal furrows. 

 cancellatus, (cancelled), cross-barred; latticed; having longitudinal lines or 



grooves decussate by transverse ones. 

 canus, hoary, with more white than grey. 

 capillatus, clothed with long slender hairs. See crinitus. 

 capillar^, hair-like; long and slender hairs. See filiform. 

 capilli. hairs of the head ; e. g. in somePhryganida? etc 

 capillitium, eapuch, the hairy pronotum in many Noctuidee. 

 capilatus, having a head ; terminating in a little head or knob ; it differs from 



clavate by a more abrupt enlargement, (antenna? clavatae). 

 capitulum, the dilated or labiated termination of a proboscis ; the enlarged 



tip of. the antennae. 

 caput, the head,— cepbalon (greek kephalon). 



eapylus, a hump en the upperside of the segments in many larva?. 

 cardo, (plur. cardines), hinge; the basal transverse piece of the maxillae in 



coleoptera. 

 carina, a keel ; a sharp, elongated, gradually rising elevation on the under- 

 side of a body. 

 cannula, the longitudinal elevation at the middle of the snout in Curculionidae. 

 carinulatus, carina,te, keeled, having a longitudinal prominence like the keel 



of a boat, but also used of the upper surface. 

 canosus, corroded, having the appearance of being worm-eaten 

 carneus, flesh-colored. 

 camosus, of a soft fleshy substance 



carpus — punctum, the joint in the wings of some insects, by means of which 

 it is folded transversely ; the point at the extremity of the radius and 

 cubitus of the anterior wing. 

 cartilagineus, of the consistence of cartilage or gristle ; thicker than corneus 



but somewhat transparent, flexible and always whitish. 

 caruncle, a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence. 

 caryophylleus, clove-brown, dark brown with bluish tint. 

 castaneils, chestnut-brown, bright red brown. 



cataplir actus, invested with a hard callous skin or with scales closely united. 

 catenatus, with longitudinal elevations, connected like the links of a chain. 

 catenulatus, the same but with smaller elevations. 

 catervatim, by heaps. 

 caterpillar, the larva, or eruca. 

 caucla, the tail ; the posterior terminal part of the abdomen ; an appendage 



terminating the abdomen. See anus. 

 caudatus, furnished with a tail ; e. g. the hind wings of most Papilio etc. 

 cauclulae, tailets ; little tails. 

 cavitas, cavity. 



cellula, a portion of the wing - , included between nervures. See radial cellule. 

 cephalon, head. See caput, 

 cephalotheca, the cover of the head in pupae. 

 ceratotheca, the cover of the antennae in pupa?. 

 cerci, two short, lanceolate, usually flat appendages of the anus. 

 cermious. bent, the apex bent downward. See nutant. 

 cervinus, reddish grey, red with dirty grey, (from cervus the stag.) 

 cervix, crag ; the upper part of the neck. 



