X ENTOMOLOGICAL TERMS. 



sects, including those which have four membranous 

 wings, and a tail furnished with a sting. 



i. 



Imago, the perfect insect after having gone through the 



states of Larva and Chrysalis 

 Imbricated, set with scales lying over one another, like 



the tiles of a house. 

 Incumbent, wings, which when at rest cover the back 



of the abdomen horizontally. 

 Incurvated,w'mgs, the anterior margin bent like an arch. 

 Incurved, palpi, &c. turning straight upwards at the 



ends, as if lying over the mouth. 

 Inflexed, rostrum, or beak, not projecting, but bent 



and going towards the belly by the breast. 

 Interrupted, bands, &c. broken, but continued either 



above or below. 



Labia, prominent parts including the mouth. 



Lanceolate, antennae, wings, &c. oblong, attenuated at 

 both ends. 



Larva, caterpillar, grub, maggot, the animal as it comes 

 from the egg. 



Lepidoptera, from AsorV? a scale, and TtTegov, a wino;. 

 The third order of insects, including those with 

 wings covered with fine scales, like powder or meal, 

 as in the Butterfly, &c. 



Lineare, body, &c. oblong, equal in breadth through- 

 out. 



Lineated, elytra, marked with depressed lines. 



Lingua, the tongue, a membranaceous or fleshy or- 

 gan lying hid among the palpi, and rolled up. 



Lobated, thorax, divided into distinct parts. 



Lunated, resembling a crescent or new moon. 



