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Bentinck: Glossary 



coxa; also the small sclerite connecting the coxa 



with the sternum in Dytiscidae. 

 Truncate. Cut off squarely at the tip. 

 Tubulate. Formed into or like a tube. 

 Tumidity. A swelling. 

 Turbinate. Top-shaped; nearly conical. 



Umbone. An embossed elevated knob situated on the 



humeral angle of elytra. 

 Urogomphus. A paired fixed or movable process found 



on the terminal segments of certain larvae. 



Ventrite. The ventral surface of one of the body 

 segments. 



Vermiculate. Wormlike; with tortuous markings resem- 

 bling the tracks of a worm. 



Verruca. In lepidopterous larvae, somewhat elevated 

 parts of the cuticle bearing tufts of setae. 



Verticils. One of the whorls of long, fine hair arranged 

 symetrically on the antennal segments in certain 

 Diptera. 



Vestigial. Of an organ or structure, degenerate or 

 imperfectly developed, having little or no utility 

 but which in an earlier evolutionary stage of the 

 organism performed a useful function. 



Vestiture. The general surface covering of insects, as 

 scales, hairs, and the like. 



Vitreous. Glassy. 



Vitta. A longitudinal stripe. 



