GLOSSARY OP TERMS USED. 1377 



Prothora.r. — The first thoracic riug or segment ; bears the front legs but uo 



wings ; in this work referred to as "thorax" merely. 

 P/«(TO.>,r._Hoary ; as if covered with a fine frost or dust. 

 P»?;c,Sfcnf.— Downy; clothed with soft, short, fine, closely set hair. 

 I'liiicfatc. — Set with impressed points or punctures. 

 Punrtinc.—.Ui impression like that made by a needle. 

 /"»/(ph/re(Z.— Marked with small impressed dots. 

 Piil)a; pi., Pupw.—Tbe intermediate stage between larva and adult. 

 Piiimtc— To become a pupa; the act of becoming a pupa. 

 PmiKliiiiii. — The last dorsal segment of abdomen left exposed by the elytra. 



Quudrutc. — Sciuare or nearly so. 



0/((/f/r(7(zn;-u/.— Four-sided; formed or bounded by four lines. 



Riiinifii. — To branch out in every direction. 



Riiixicioii.'i. — Predatory; capturing and eating prey. 



Rare. — Seldom seen or found. 



Rcctuuriular. — In the form of a right or rectangle. 



Rccumhent. — Lying down; reclining. 



/t'ccHcrcf/.— Bowed backward. 



R (fleeted or re^ea?e<Z.— Angularly bent backward. 



Remote— Wnvther removed than distant. 



Reniform. — Kidney-shaped. 



Rcstrietcil. — Confined to a limited area. 



Reticulate. — Like net-work. 



Relnieted. — Drawn liack ; opposed to prominent. 



Retruetile. — Capable of being drawn in or retracted. 



Rliomlioidul. — Ilaving the form of a rhomb, or quadrangular figure having 



its four sides equal and its opposite lines parallel, with two opposite 



angles acute and two obtuse. 

 Rnfous. — Brick-red. 



Riir/ose. — Wrinkled; with irregular waved elevated lines. 

 Rii (J ulo.se. — Minutely wrinkled. 



H<'(ihro»e. — Rough like a file, with small raised points. 



ticape. — The long basal joint of an elbowed antenna in Coleoptera. 



HerohcH. — Grooves on the sides of the mandibles. 



Sculpture. — The markings or pattern of impression or elevation on an ely- 

 tra or other body surface. 



Sculptured. — A surface, when marked with elevations or depressions or 

 both, arranged in some definite manner. 



Scutelliim. — The triangular piece between the elytra at base. 



Securiform. — Triangular-compressed ; like the blade of a hatchet. 



Segment. — A ring or division bounded by incisions or sutures. 



Scmd. — Half. 



Seiiiieireular. — Like the half of a circle. 



Semi-ei/liiidrical. — Like a groove or half a c.vlinder. 



Ser/uciice. — The order in which things follow. 



Series. — A group of species, genera or families, arranged to show agreement 

 in a common character which is not of sufficient importance to war- 

 rant the next higher division. 

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