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when elevations and depressions, &c. are so little 
raised or sunk from the general surface, as to be 
almost erased. Ex. Streak in the Wings of Geo- 
metra papilionaria, &c. Strie in the Elytra of 
Sphodrus leucopthalmus. 
6. OBSOLETE (Obdsoleta). When a spot, tubercle, 
punctum, &c. is scarcely discoverable. Ex. Ly- 
cena dispar Gand ? .—N.B. This term is often em- 
ployed where one sex, kindred species, or genera, 
want, or nearly so, a character which is conspicuous 
_tn the other sex, or in the species or genus to which 
they are most closely allied. 
7. Geminous (Gemina). When there is a pair of 
spots, tubercles, puncta, &c. Ex. Head of one 
sex of Lucanus parallelopipedus. Upper Wings of 
Odenesis potatoria. 
8. Dipymous (Didyma). When this pair of spots, &c. 
touch or are confluent. Ex. Spots in Elytra of 
Stenocorus quadrimaculatus. 
9. ConnivENT (Connivens). ‘The meeting of two lines 
so as to form an angle. Ex. Streaks on the Under 
side of Secondary Wings of Thecla Pruni. 
10. Common (Communis). Common to two. Whena 
spot for instance is partly on one elytrum and partly 
on the other. Ex. Coccinella septempunctuta. 
x. MARGIN. 
1. Crisr (Crispa). When the Limé is disproportion- 
ably larger than the Dish, so as to render the mar- 
gin uneven with irregular rises and falls. 
2. Unputarte (Undulata), When the surface rises and 
falls obtusely, not in angles. Ex. Margin of Wings 
of Hipparchia Semele. 
