GLOSSARY OF TERMS I'SEl). 



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Sulcata.— Grooved: furrowed with broad, concave, parallel impressed lines. 



Sulcus. — A furrow or groove. 



Supra. — Over ; above. 



Supra-orbital. — Situated above the eye. 



Suture. — The line of junction of tbe elytra. 



S in ) i metrical. — Evenly developed on both sides. 



Synonym. — A name applied to a species or genus that has been previously 



described and named. 

 Tarsal. — Relating to the tarsi or feet. 



Tarsal lobes.— Membranous appendages arising from the under side of the 



tarsal joints. 

 Tarsus; pi.. Tarsi.— The foot; see page 17. 



Tentacle.— A flexible sensory or tactile process; in some cases retractile. 



Terminal. — Situated at the tip or extremity; opposed to basal. 



Terrestrial. — Living on or in the land; opposed to aquatic. 



Testaceous. — Dull yellow brown. 



Tetra. — Four ; a combining form. 



Thoracic. — Belonging or attached to the thorax. 



T j lorax ^The second or intermediate region of the insect body, bearing the 

 true legs and wing's; made up of three rings, named in order, pro-, 

 meso- and meta-thorax. 



Tibia; ph. 7 ibi<r. — See page 17. 



Tip. The extremity ; the part furthest removed from the base. 



Tomentose.— Covered with flue hair, so matted together that particular hairs 



cannot be separated. 

 Tooth.— An acu te angulation ; a short, pointed process from an appendage 



or margin. 



Transition zone.— The transcontinental belt in which the austral and boreal 

 elements overlap. 



Translucent. — Semi-transparent; admitting the passage of light but not of 

 vision. 



Transparent. — So clear as not to obstruct vision. 

 Transverse— When the longest diameter is across the body. 

 Trapezoidal. — A four-sided plane of which two sides are parallel and two 

 are not. 



Tribe. A term of classification less than a subfamily; usually ending in ini. 



Tricarinate. — With three keels or carime. 

 Trifid.— Cleft into three parts or ends. 



Trochanter. — A segment, sometimes divided, between the coxa and femur. 



sometimes fused with the femur. 

 Trochantin, — The basal part of the trochanter when it is two-jointed: in 



Coleoptera, a piece often present on the outer side of and sometimes 



movable on the coxa. 

 Truncate. — Cut off squarely at tip. 



Tubercle. — A little solid pimple or small chitinous button. 



Tuberculate. — Formed like a tubercle; a surface covered with tubercles. 



Type. — A unique or single specimen selected from a series and labelled by 



the describer to represent his name and description. 

 Typical —The normal or usual form of a species: agreeing with the type 



form. 



