cespitosus, matted together. 



ch alybaeus, steel -blue. 



cheek, the ffena, a portion of the head, beneath the eyes on each side. 



chela., the terminal portion of a foot, which has a moveable lateral toe, like 



the claw of a crab. 

 chelatus, scissor-shaped. 

 chitin, the corneous substance of the elytra in coleoptera ; the chemical base 



of the system of the articulates. 

 chrysalis, pupa, cocoon ; the third stage of the insect from the egg. 

 cicatricosus, scarry, a surface having rows of scars with elevated margins, like 



those of small pox. 

 cicatrix, a scar; an elevated ridged spot. 



ciliMus, fringed, set with parallel, short stiff hairs, bristles etc. See crinitus. 

 eilii, fringes. 



cinereus, ash- colored ; grey tinged with blackish. 

 cingulatus, ductus, with a colored band. 

 cinnahjarinus, cinnabar or scarlet red. 

 cvrcinal, spirally rolled inwards and downwards as in the lingua (tongue) of 



Lepidoptera. 

 circiter, about. 



circular, is a round surface with its diameter equal on allsides. See rotundas. 

 cirrosus, a part with somewhat dense curled hair. 

 cirrus, a curled lock of hair placed on a thin stalk. 

 citrinus, yellow like a lemon. See flavus. 



classis, class, one of the principle divisions in a system or arrangement of nat- 

 ural bodies. • 

 clihtheriformis, plate-shaped. 



clypeatus, shield-shaped ; e. g. the head of Copris. 



clypeus, the superior portion of the head in coleopterous insects — epistomis. 

 eoactus, condensed; of a short, stout form. 

 coadunattix, joined together at the base ; two or more joined together ; elytra 



permanently united at the suture. 

 coarctattis, contracted, compact; opposed to effuse; (Metamorphose) that spe- 

 cies of change in which the pupa assumes a cylindrical shape, all the 

 members of the body being concealed. See incomplete, semicomplete. 

 cocardes, retractile versicular bodies on each side of the stetludium of some 



insects of the genus Malachius. 

 coccineus, cochineal-red, dark red with some blue. 

 cochleatus, twisted spirally like a screw or a univalve shell. 

 cocoon, a follicle. See pupa, chrysalis. 



coenogonosns, oviparous at one season of the year and viviparous at another. 

 doeruleus, creruleus, sl<y-blue ; pale blue. 

 coleoptera, order of insects, having corneous elytra but not lapped over each 



other at tip, coriaceous elytra. 

 collare, the anterior part of the thorax. 

 collum, neck; the posterior part of the head. Some authors call this part 



collare. 

 columnar, differs from cylindrical by tapering towards one end, like the shaft 



of a column. 

 eomatus, when the upper part of the head or vertex alone is covered with long 



hair. See crinitus. 

 commismra, anastonn >sis. 



comosus, ending in a tuft or kind of brush. See plumose. 

 complanatus, compressed, flattened; a body with the horizontal diameter 

 longer than the vertical, and above and beneath nearly flat. See de- 

 pressus, compressive. 

 complicatus, laid longitudinally in folds. 



compressus, flattened laterally, the horizontal diameter much shorter than the 

 vertical. See complanatus, depressus. 



