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GLOSSARY. 



Variolose, covered with impressions or pits like the markings left by variola or 

 small-pox. 



VermiciUate, covered with irregular, sinuate, worm-shaped markings or striae. 

 Versicolorous, of various colours. 



Verticillatc, of antennae, with hairs set round the vertex of each omt 



( Tricho'pterygidce). 

 Vertex, upper surface of the head behind the clypeus. 

 Vesicant, Vesicatory, raising a blister (applied to Lytta, Mylabris, etc.). 

 Villosc, covered wifh long raised closely set hairs. 

 Viscous, Viscid, sticky, like bird lime. 

 Xylophaguus, feeding on wood. 



