diptera, having two wings ; the order of flies. 



discolor, when the same part is differently colored e. g. legs red with tibiaa 



pale and femora black. See concolor. 

 di&cretus, distinctly separated. 



discus, disk, the surface within the margin ; the middle of a surface. 

 disjunctus, separated, standing apart. 

 dislocated, applied to designate a stria or line interrupted in its continuity. 



but in which the tips of the interrupted parts are not in a right line 



with each other. 

 dispersus, = adspersus. 



distwns, standing considerably apart. See remotus- 

 dissttiens, bursting open elastically. 

 distychus, bipartite. 



dislinctus, distinct ; (antennae) not united at base. 

 dvoaricafcus, stradling; spreading apart; (wings) incumbent. but diverging 



behind. 

 divergent (— ing), spreading out widely, so as to form nearly a right angle. 

 dvoersus, unequal ; two parts or markings differing in size or shape. 

 doldbriform, hatchet-shaped ; compressed with a very prominent dilated keel 



and cylindrical base. See securiform. » 



dorsale, relating to the back ; also the upper surface of the larvae. 

 dorsulum, (after Kirby) the upper part of the mesonotum between collare and 



scutellum, with the pteropega. 

 dorsum., the upper surface of the abdomen. 

 diiplicatus, doubled. 

 duplo, twice ; duple major, twice as large. 



■E. 



E or ex, before a latin word means usually without-. 



ecalcaratus, without a spur. 



echinatus, sel with long prickles. See murlcate. 



edentulus, without teeth. 



edge of a surface is that line which includes the margin, forming the e\* 

 heme boundary; the elytra of many eoleoptera have deflected mar- 

 gins beneath the edge called epipleura. 



ejlected, bent outwards somewhat angularly. 



egg, the first state of the insect. 



eUisUcus, elastic, a pari that has a degree of flexibility throughout. See 

 flexilis. 



elatus, a part elevated above the surface. 



eleuthera, (Fab.) maxillae free, not connate. 



elevatus, is a part higher than its surroundings. 



