GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED. 



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Protnorav.-The first thoracic ring or sequent ; hears the trout legs but „ 



wings; in this work referred to as "thorax merely. 

 Pruino^e -Hoary ; as if covered with a fine frost or dust. 

 SUSlii clothed with soft, short, fine, closely set ha,, 

 Punctate.— Set with impressed points or punctures 

 Puncture.-An impression like that made by a needle. 

 Punctured.-M^ed with small impressed dots. 

 Pupa • pi., Pupw.-The intermediate stage between larva and adult. 

 Pupa te.-To become a pupa; the act of bv the elytl „ 



Pygidium.— The last dorsal segment ot abdomen lett expo. 



Quadrate:— Square or nearly so. 



QuadrUateral^ouv-med; formed or bounded by foui hues. 



Ramify.— To branch out in every direction. 



RapaGious.-Vve^tovy; capturing and eating prey. 



Bare— Seldom seen or found. 



Rectangular.-In the form of a right or rectangle. 



Recumbent.— Lying down ; reclining. 



Recu r v c d . — B owed ba ck wa rd. 



Reflected or reflexed— Angularly bent backward. 



Remote.— Further removed than distant. 



Reniform — Kidney-shaped. 



Restricted.— Confined to a limited area. 



Reticulate. — Like net-work. 



Re t m cted.— Drawn back; opposed to prominent. 

 Tfrtrnrtile— CaDable of being drawn in or retracted. 

 IT^Ll^S the form of a rhomb or 



its four sides equal and its opposite lines parallel, with two opposite 



angles acute and two obtuse. 

 Rufous— Brick-red. 



K^ose.-Wrinkled; with irregular waved elevated lines. 

 Rugulose — Minutely wrinkled. 



ScaDrose.— Hough like a file, with small raised points. 

 Scape.-The long basal joint of an elbowed antenna in Coleoptera. 

 aerobes.— Grooves on the sides of the mandibles. 



»L.-The markings or pattern of impression or elevation on an el,- 

 tra or other body surface. . . 



ScM!pt ^.-A surface, when marked with elevations or depresses or 

 both arranged in some definite manner. 



Scutellum.— The triangular piece between the elytra at base. 



^ eC uH/orm.-Triangular^ompressed; like the blade of a hatchet. 



Segment. -A ring or division bounded by incisions or sutures. 



Semi. — Half. 



Semicircular.— Like the half of a circle. 

 Semi-cylindrical— Like a groove or half a cylinder. 

 Seauence— The order in which things follow. 



Series -A group of species, genera or families, arranged to show agreement 

 ' "in a common character which is not of sufficient importance to war- 

 rant the next higher division. 

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