GLOSSARY OF TERMS INCLUDED IN THIS WORK. 



A. 



Mdeagus. — See (Edeagus. 



Anal lobes. — A pair of reflexed lobes at the apex of the ninth or last ventral segment 



of the male. 

 Analogue. — Used in this paper only with reference to parts of the puparium. 

 Antennal analogue. — See Analogue. 



Antennal flabellations . — The lobes of the third and succeeding joints of the male 



antennae. 

 Anus. — The pore at the tip of the tenth abdominal segment. 

 Appendiculate tarsi. — Tarsi in which there seems to be a pulvilliform appendage to 



each joint. 

 Autophagus. — Applied to self-feeding larvae. 



B. 



Balancers. — Another term for the elytra, or pseudelytra. 



Brood canal.— A passage formed between the encased female and its persistent pupal 

 skin, on the ventral side, leading from the genital apertures to the slit between 

 the head and prothorax, on the cephalothorax ; it serves as the exit canal for the 

 newly hatched triungulinids. 



Buccal cavity. — The mouth opening. 



Campodeoid larva. — The triungulinid, or free living hexapod; so called because of its 

 general habitus; this is the first larval stage of the hypermetamorphic insects of 

 the meloid type. 



Carabidoid larva. — The second larva of hypermetamorphic insects of the meloid type; 

 so called because of the resemblance to carabid larvae in that the legs are still 

 available for use. 



Cephalic ganglion. — The supraoesophageal ganglion, or brain. 



Cephalotheca. — The head cap of the puparium. 



Cephalothorax. — The exposed flattened disk of the adult female; it is composed of the 

 adnate parts of the head and thorax. 



Chilophagous . — Applied to larvae which feed upon stored up or foraged provisions. 



Coarctate larva. — Generally the fifth instar of hypermetamorphic insects of the meloid 

 type; this stage is semiquiescent, and is in Meloidae also known as the pseudopupa. 



Colony. — A comprehensive term to indicate all forms of social intercourse found 

 amongst insects; for definitions of specific kinds of colonies see Community, 

 Hill, Hive, Nest. 



Community. — A colony of insects living in close contiguity to each other, but in sep- 

 arate holes, and those of the same species entirely independent of each other; all, 

 however, being dependent upon certain local conditions; the colony may contain 

 numerous solitary dwellers, social colonies, and parasites (Pierce, 1904, p. 181). 



E. 



Ectoparasite. — A parasite which lives only on the exterior of its host. 

 Elytra. — See Pseudelytra. 



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