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labiated, having lips. 



labium, lower lip, composed of the mentum and ligula or tongue; it supports the 

 labial palpi. 



labrum, upper lip; it is generally moveable, and applied to or placed immediately 

 beneath the nasus, and above the mandibles; it is sometimes entirely con- 

 cealed; it is the labium of some authors. 



lacerated, ragged, torn; (margin) with broad and deep incisions. 



lacinice, differently shaped valves or lobes in insects with bifid labrum and max- 

 illa e._ 



lacinice exteriores, (in Aphidae) two elongated flattened or concave biarticulate val- 

 ves, situated on the tongue and near their tip, supporting the labial palpi ; 

 from which they are distinguished by being flat instead of cylindrical. 



lacinice inteiores, (in Aphidae) two inarticulate membranaceous valves, which em- 

 brace the tongue at its entrance into the tube. 



laciniated, jagged; cut into irregular segments. 



lactescent, yielding or secreting a milky fluid. 



lacteus, shining white with a bluish tint like milk. 



lacunce, irregular impressions or cavities. 



lacunosus, pitted ; having the surface covered with small cavities. See favosus. 



Icete, bright. 



Icevigatus, (surface) smooth, somewhat shining. 



Icevis, (surface) smooth; without impressions or elevations. 



lamella, a thin plate or foliation. 



lamellatus, (antennae) divided into distinct plates or foliations. See fissile, setaceus. 



lamina, a callous plate. 



laminatus, flattened. 



lana, wool; the woolly hair at the abdomen of some Lepidoptera. 



lanatus, woolly; covered with dense, fine, long, white hairs, so distinct that they 

 may be separated. See tomentosus. 



lanceolalus, lance or spear shaped; oblong and tapering to the end. 



lanuginosus, with longish curled hair dispersed over the surface. See crinitus. 



lanugo, slender single hairs. 



larva, (a mask) the state of an insect, next following to the egg-state; maggot, grub, 

 caterpillar; it is slow, sterile and voracious; the old authors called it eruca. 



lamina, maggot without separated head and without legs. 



lasureus, dark blue; Dutch blue. 



lateral, situated on the side. 



lateritlus, latericeous, yellow red; color of yellowish bricks. 



latticed, cancellated. 



legnum, the margin of a squamma. 



lenticular, lentil shaped; spherically convex on both sides, a double depressed 

 convex figure. 



lepidoptera, an order of insects with four wings that are covered by minute imbri- 

 cated scales; as butterflies and moths. 



lepos, the surface of a scale. 



leprous, with loose irregular scales. 



libelhdidce, a tribe of the neuroptera. [darning needle.] 



liber, free; (a part) fully visible, nowhere covered by another part. 



