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GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS. 

 Cubic Measure. 



Cubic measure — cubic inch 1728 cubic foot 27 cubic yard. 



Dry measure — pint 2 quart 4 gallon 2 peck 4 bushel. 



Fluid measure — minim 60 dram 16 ounce 4 gill 4 pint 2 quart 4 gallon. 



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4 

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2 Minum. 

 4 Imperial. 

 2 Dram. 

 4 Imperial. 

 6 Cu. inch. 

 2 Fluid ounce 



Imperial. 

 Gill. 



Imperial. 

 Pint. 



Dry 



Imperial. 

 8 Quart. 



8 Dry. 



2 Imperial. 



Gallon. 



6 Imperial. 



Peck. 



6 Cubic foot. 



4 Bushel. 



6 Imperial. 



9 Cubic yard. 



TERMS USED IN DESCRIPTIONS. 



Many of the terms used in describing the parts of insects are derived from 

 the latin and have not come into common use in general literature. The 

 following are among those most used: 



Shape. — Arcuate, curved. Attenuate, much narrowed. Clavate, club- 

 shaped. Cordate, heart-shaped. Cuneate, wedge-shaped. Emarginate, edge 

 with a large blunt incision. Falcate sickle-shaped. Incrassate, swollen. 

 Lanceolate, lance-shaped. Lobate, witu rounded portions produced by deep im- 

 cisions. Lunate, moon-schaped. Mucronate, ending abruptly in a sharp point. 

 Quadrate, square. Reniform, kidney-shaped. Rotundate, round. Sinuate, 

 edge strongly wavy. Spatulate, spatula-shaped. Subulate, awl-shaped. Tri- 



