ENTOMOLOGICAL TERMS. Vll 



most cover the abdomen entirely, in some but par- 

 tially, as in the Earwig, &c. 



Compressed, the body flattened at the sides, 



Connoted, elytra united at the suture. 



Convex, thorax raised towards the centre like the seg- 

 ment of a sphere. 



Convoluted, when the wings are wrapped round the 

 abdomen. 



Cor dated, heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous, of a substance like leather. 



Cornuted, some part of the insect ending in a horn. 



Costa, the margin of the wings in the Butterfly between 

 the base and the apex. 



Crenated, the margin of the thorax, or wings, notched. 



Crist ated, the thorax with an arched keeled ridge, 

 toothed and compressed. 



Cruciated, the inner margins of the wings lying over 

 each other, or folded together crosswise. 



Crustaceous, elytra, hard, elastic, resisting the impres- 

 sion of the finger. 



Cntaceous, integument, soft, yielding to the finger. 



Cylindrical, beak, &c. linear and round. 



JD. 



Danai, & division of the genus Papilio, containing those 

 with very entire wings, which are either white or 

 variegated. 



Deflected, wings incumbent, with the outer edges de- 

 clining towards the sides. 



Dentated, the margins set with short points like teeth. 



Denticulated, wings, marked with minute distinct dents. 



Denudated, wings, bare or destitute of scales. 



Depressed, head, &c pressed downwards. 



Digitated, divided nearly to the base, like fingers. 



Diptera, derived from $vo, two, and rfTspw, a wing, 



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