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INDIANA COLEOPTERA. 



Serrate. — Saw-toothed, the teeth set toward one end. 

 Serruhitc. — With numerous little saw teeth. 



Seta; pi., Seta.— A pointed bristle or long, stiff hair; slender, hair-like ap- 

 pendages. 



Setaceous. — Bristle-shaped; slender, gradually tapering to a tip. 



Setiform. — In the form of a bristle or seta; when a slender, short bristle 

 arises from a thicker basal joint. 



Setigerous. — Bearing seta? or bristles ; e.g., punctures. 



Sharp. — With a pointed tip or thin edge ; opposed to blunt. 



Sinuate. — Applied to lines and margins with an in and out curve. 



Sinuato-truncatc, — Truncated, with the margin sinuate. 



Smooth. — A surface without elevations or indentations. 



Sparse.— Scattered ; single hairs, scales or punctures set well apart. 



Species. — Ah aggregation of individuals alike in appearance and structure, 

 mating freely and producing young that themselves mate freely and 

 bear fertile offspring resembling each other and their parents ; a spe- 

 cies includes all its varieties and races. 



Specific character. — A feature common to all individuals of a species, by 

 means of which they may be distinguished from all other individuals 

 of other species. 



Spherical. — In the form of a sphere; a body in which all diameters are 

 equal. 



Spindle-shaped. — Cylindrical, elongate, thicker in the middle, tapering to 



each end ; fusiform. 

 Spiniform. — In the form or shape of a spine. 

 Spinose. — Set with acute processes or spines. 

 Spinules. — Little spines. 



Spiracle. — A breathing pore; in the plural the lateral openings on the seg- 

 ments of the insect body through which air enters the tracheae. 



Spur. — A short, stiff, generally blunt process, usually not articulated at its 

 base. 



Stage. — Refers to the period of development; e.g., larval, pupal, etc. 

 Sternum,— The breast; the middle portion of the under surface of thorax 



between the coxal cavities. 

 Stigmata. — The spiracles. 



Stria; pi., Striw. — A longitudinal depressed line or furrow, frequently punc- 

 tured. 



Striate. — Marked with parallel, fine, impressed lines. 



Stridulate. — To make a creaking noise by rubbing together two ridged or 



roughened surfaces. 

 Stripe, — A longitudinal streak of color different from the ground. 

 Sub-clavate.— Somewhat thickened toward tip; but not quite club-shaped. 

 Sub equal. — Similar but not quite equal in size, form or other characters. 

 'Subfamily. — A division of classification containing a group of closely allied 



genera ; different from other allied groups, yet not so as to make a 



family series, ending in mm. 

 Submarginal. — An imaginary portion of a surface outside of the disk and 



within the margin. 

 Subpdrallel. — Nearly parallel. 



Subulate. — Awl-shaped; linear at base, attenuate at tip. 



