decurrent, closely attached to and running down another body. 



decurved. bowed downward. See cxcurved. 



decussatus, cross-like, a marking with lines that cross each other, but not at 

 right angles ; in cross-pairs; pairs alternately crossing each other. 



deflexus, bent downwards. See nflexus. 



dehiscens, gaping; open or standing open, separated at the tips. 



deltoideus, spear-shaped ; trowel-shaped. 



dendroid, shrub-like ; having the appearance of a little tree. 



dmms, dense, thickly crowded. 



dentatm, toothed, with one acute tooth of equal sides, and the tip opposite 

 the middle of the ba.se ; bldnitatus. with two such teeth: multidentatm, 

 with man}" teeth. See serratus. cnnattis. 



dentato-serratus, the teeth-like forms being themselves serrated at their 

 edges. 



dentato-sinuatits, toothed and indented. 



denticulatus, set with little teeth or notches. 



denudatus, naked: destitute of covering ; (wings) without scales or hair. 



deorsum, downwards. 



dependent, hanging down. 



deplanatus =eomplanatus . 



depressus, pressed downwards ; more or less flattened vertically ; the perpen- 

 dicular diameter much shorter than the horizontal. See compressus. 



desectus=truneatus. 



destitatus, wanting ; being without. 



determinatus, (a marking) with well defined outlines. 



detonans, exploding ; emitting a sudden noise. 



detritus, rubbed off ; a surface partly denudate. 



diaphanus, semitransparent ; clear. See pellucidus. 



diclwtonms, forked ; dividing by pairs. 



didactylus, with two toes ; (an insect) having two equally long tarsi. 



didymus, double ; geminate. 



difformis, (a marking, sculpture) irregular in foim ; which can not be com- 

 pared with a known form ; anomalous. 



difraetus, bending in different directions ; separated into parts 



diffuse, spreading ; not distinctly circumscribed. 



digitatus, finger-like ; divided like fingers nearly to the base ; = fissus. 



digitus, the terminal joints of the tarsus and maniis divided into unguis and 

 ■pulrUlus. ' See dactylus. 



dilatatus, (margin) when the sharp marginal edge extends beyond its usual 

 limit ; (base) distended, when the transverse diameter is much longer 

 at one particular part. 



dilute, (of colors) pale. 



dimeri, two jointed legs ; with two tarsi. 



dhnUliatus. halved ; extending halfway; half round; (elytra) covering but 

 half the tergwn. . 



dimidius, of half length. 



didptrate, applied to an ocellate spot, of which the pupil is divided by a trans- 

 verse line. 



