GLOSSARY. 



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Ro-tif'b-ka (Lat. rota, a wheel; 

 fero, I bear). A class of worms 

 with a pair of ciliated vela 

 which in motion resemble 

 wheels. 



Sagit'tal. Referriug to a line 

 or plane pai"allel with the 

 sagittal or median suture of 

 the skull of higher vertebrates. 



Sar'codb (Gr. sarw, flesh; odos, 

 way). Equivalent and earlier 

 term for protoplasm. 



Sca'brous. Rough like a file, 

 with small raised dots. 



Sclb'rite. Any separate piece 

 of an insect's integument. 



Scute. Applied to the dorsal 

 pieces in Myriopods. 



Sbp'tdm. a partition. 



8o-mat'ic. Relating to the body. 



Som'itb. a segment of a seg- 

 mented animal, such as a 

 worm. 



Se-ta'ce-otis (Lat. seta, a bristle). 

 Bristle-like. 



Spi'ra-clb {haX. spiro, to breathe). 

 The lateral breathing pores of 

 insects. 



Stig'ma-ta (Gr. stigma, a mark). 

 A synonym of spiracle. 



Sto'lon (Lat. stolo, a shoot spring- 

 ing from the root of a plant). 

 Applied to tlie root-like creep- 

 ing growths of polyps and 

 other Coeleuterates. 



STO-MO-DiE'nM:. The primitive 

 mouth and oesophagus of the 

 embryo of worms and Ar- 

 thropoda. 



Strep-sip'te-ea (Gr. strephis, a 

 twist; jJteJ-ora, wing). A group 

 of beetles, whose minute front 

 wings appear as if twisted. 



Stro'bi-la (Gr. strobilos, a fir 

 cone). The chain of zooids of 

 a larval medusa; the chain of 

 proglottides of a tape-worm. 



Suc-to'ri-al. Adapted for suck- 

 ing. 



Supraorbital. Above the or- 

 bits. 



Su'ture. a seam or impressed 

 Ime between the bones of thie 

 skull or parts of the crust of an 

 Arthropod. 



Sym'pht-sis (Gr. sumphusis, a 

 growing together). The union 

 of two bones. 



Tac'tilb. Relating to the sense 

 of touch. 



T^E-NIDI-UM. The hand or chiti- 

 nous fibre, forming tlie so- 

 called "spiral thread" of the 

 tracheae of insects. 



Tbl'son (Gr. telson, from telos, 

 end). The rudimentary ter- 

 minal segment of the abdomen 

 of Arthropods. 



Tbn'eral, a state of the Neu- 

 ropterous imago after exclu- 

 sion from the pupa, in which 

 it has not fully completed its 

 coloring, clothing, etc. 



Ten-tac'u-lum (Lat. tenia, 1 

 touch). A feeler or tentacle. 



Ter'gum (Lat. back). The dorsal 

 region of Arthropods. 



Test (Lat. testa, a shell). The 

 thickened integument of Tuni- 

 eaia. 



Testaceous. Dull red; brick 

 color. 



Tho'rax (Gr. thorax, a breast- 

 plate). The chest in verte- 

 brates; the middle body in in- 

 sects and some Crustacea. 



