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fatiseent, spontaneously mouldering and falling to pieces in the air. 



favosus, honeycomb-like; with large and closely placed deep holes full of 

 fissures. 



favus, a cell like that of a honeycomb. 



feelers, the palpi, (according to some authors ihe antennae.) 



feet, organs of locomotion, consisting of apophysis, femur, tibia, ma nus,tar- 

 sus, plant a and palma. 



femur, pi. femora, the thigh. See feet. 



femoratus, furnished with unusually formed femora.. 



fenestraPus, (with windows) with transparent spots. 



fere near! y. almost. 



ferrous, iron-gray, the metalic gray of polished iron. 



ferruginous, ferruginosus, rusty-brown ; the color of the oxide of iron ; brown- 

 nish red with some yellow. 



festivus, variegated ; with several bright colors. 



fllamentum. thread ; a long, thin equally thick process. 



filiforrnis, thread-shaped ; slender and of equal thickness (composed of cylin- 

 drical joints;. 



jilosvs, ending in a thread-like process. 



fimbria, fringes ; a bundle of thick ciliated hairs at the tip of a part. See 

 seopa, flocculus. 



fimbriatus, fringed with hair of irregular length. 



fissilis, cloven ; divided into parallel lamellae (antennae of some Searabidae). 



fissus, cloven ; divided longitudinally near the base. 



fissura, a crevice ; a narrow breaking of continuity. . 



fistular, hollow; applied to a hollow cylinder. 



flabellum, a fan ; rlabel. 



flabellatus, (antennae) fan-shaped : when the joints aie very short; but the 

 processes very long and flat and consequently lie close together ; bifla- 

 bellatus, when both sides of the antennae send forth such processes. 



flabellifwmis, same as flabellatus. 



flaccklits, limber ; feeble ; lax. 



flagellum, the part of the antennae between scapus and capitulum.=(''7a&eZ- 

 lum.) 



flammeus. red like a fame. ■ See awroreus. 



flaws, yellow like a lemon or like sulphur ; citrinvs, sulphurous. 



flavo-virens, green verging upon yellow. 



flexilis, flexibilis, pliable ; possessing elastic properties. 



flexuosus, zig zag without acute angles; seems to differ from undulatus in 

 being alternately bent and nearly straight. 



fluriatilis, inhabiting rivers. 



foliaceus, resembling a leaf ; a part consisting of several leaf-like joints. 



follicvlus, the covering formed to protect the pupa. 



foramen, opening at an apex ; opening of a cocoon. 



forceps, the hooks, by which the '$ grasps The anus of the s . 



foreipatus, formed somewhat like a pair of pincers. 



fornieatus, arched or vaulted ; c< nca.ve within and convex without. 



foriiter, strongly. 



