ligneus, brown like wood; hard, unelastic like wood. 



li i '/' a, tongue; the superior poi-tion of the labium, situated beneath the maxillae, 



generally of soft texture, often bifid. See lingua, haustellum, proboscis, 



and tubus. 

 ligi/fcttus, tongue-shaped; strap-shaped. 



lilacinous, lilac color; like violaceus, but duller, tinged with red. 

 limbus, limb, the circumference. 



Umpidus, perfectly transparent; as alae limpidae of flies. 

 Mrie, the twelfth part of an inch; a thread-like slender coloration. 

 linear, (a surface or body) with parallel sides and nearly of uniform breadth. 

 lineatcd, lined; streaked; marked with fine lines. 

 Ungaa, tongue; the elongated maxillae in Lepidoptera; the central organ of the 



proboscis in Hymenoptera=labium. Fab,=inferior lip; Deg. 

 linguiform, tongue-shaped; linear with the extremities obtusely rounded. 

 literate, ornamented with characters like letters. 

 litura, an indistinct spot, paler at its margin. 

 livid, dark grey or pale yellow, verging towards violet. 

 lobaius, tattered; divided by deep undulating and successive incisions. 

 lobus, appendage of the maxillae, outer lobe and inner lobe, of different forms. 

 longitudinal, the direction of the longest diameter; situated longitudinally with 



respect to the body. 

 lora, rein; small corneous cords upon which the proboscis is seated; the anterior 



part of the genae near the mandibles and maxillae. 

 lubricus, covered with slippery mucous. 

 lucidus, reflecting with brilliancy; also applied to insects shining by night as 



Lampyris etc. See nitidus. 

 luciferus, giving light. 



lunaris, lunatus, crescent-shaped; formed like a new moon. 

 lunula, a half-moon shaped spot of different colors. 

 luridus, dirty brown; brownish blue, 

 hteus, unmixed yellow; color of clay. 

 lutosus, apparently or absolutely covered with dirt. 



lyratus, lyre shaped; cut into several transverse segments and gradually enlarg- 

 ing towards the extremity. 



M. 



Macula, a spot larger than a puncture, of an indeterminate figure, and of a differ- 

 ent color from the general surface. 



maculatus, spotted; marked with spots; also maculosus. 



magis, more. 



mala, lobe; m-da maxiMce, that part of the maxillae which is placed upon the stip- 

 es, usually bipartite; sometimes the exterior lobe is formed like a two-ar- 

 ticulated palpus, as in Cicindela, Carabus and Dytiscus; sometimes there 

 is but one lobe as in Melolontha, Copris, Aphodius; in Cicindela is at the 

 tip " f s e lobe a movable tooth; this exterior lobe covers in Orthoptera 

 the ^rnal lobe, and is called helmet, galea. 



