304 ORISMOLOGY. 
veniently to restrict the application of a character to par- 
ticular circumstances. As, when we say hirsuto-ci- 
nereous, we mean that the hirsuties only of a body is 
cinereous. 
Rove Vil 
When the term ordinary (ordinarius) is added either — 
to terms expressing impressed puncta, lines, spots, &c., 
it signifies that such puncta, lines, or spots are common 
to a particular section in any genus or tribe. As, the 
impressed lateral puncta on the thorax of Scarabeide 
M‘L.; the lateral furrows and dorsal channel in Harpa- 
lus, &c.; and the spots in the primary wings of Noctua 
Polyodon and affinities ?. 
SYMBOLS. 
Male 3. Female ?. Neuter ?. Egg 6. Larva@. Pupa ). 
Imago ©. Head A. Trunk O. Abdomen ¥v °. 
B. PARTIAL ORISMOLOGY. 
I. BODY (Corpus). 
1. Dissuncr (Disjunctum). When head, trunk, and 
abdomen are separated by a deep incisure. Ex. 
Hymenoptera, Diptera. Prater IV. Fie. 2, 3, 5. 
2. Compact (Compactum). When head, trunk, and 
abdomen are not separated by a deep incisure, but 
inosculate in each other. Ex. Buprestis, Elater, 
4 As this work is intended for general readers as well as for the 
learned, the above rules, &c., it is hoped will not be deemed with- 
out use. 
> These symbols are inserted here, because they may be very con- 
veniently adopted in a correspondence on the subject of Entomology. 
