GLOSSARY. 



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Scutcllary, near or pertaining to the scutettum. 



Securiform, hatchet-skaped. 



Serrate, Serrulate, with teeth like a saw. 



Seta, a long outstanding bristle or stiff hair. 



Setaceous, tapering (of antennae), like a bristle. 



Setiforra, shaped like a bristle. 



Setose, Setigerous, set with or bearing setae. 



Shagreencd, covered with closely set small roughnesses like shark's skin ; usually 



of fine sculpture without punctuation. 

 Simple, without addition or modification^.^, spines, emargination, teeth, etc.). 

 Sinuate, slightly waved. 



Spatulatc, elongate and terminating in an abrupt enlargement. 

 Spiracle or Stigma, the external opening on the body for purposes of 

 respiration. 



Squamose, Squamate, Sqtia'nulose, Squamulate, covered with larger or smaller 



squamcs or scales. 

 Stcrcoraceous, inhabiting dung. 



Strangulate, strongly constricted and contracted, forming a waist. 



Stria, an impressed line (rarely used of an elevated line). 



Striate, furnished with striae. 



Striolate, furnished with small or obsolete striae. 



Striclulation, noise produced by friction. 



Stridulatory, connected with stridulation. 



Strigose, scratched. 



Style, a pointed process. 



Stylose, furnished with such a process. 



Sub-, in composition signifies almost or slightly, as sublinear, suhparallcl 



subquadratc, etc. 

 Subulate, terminating in a sharp point like an awl. 

 Silicate, furrowed. 

 Sulciform, shaped like a furrow. 

 Suture, the line on which the elytra join. 

 Sutural, pertaining to the suture. 



Temple, the lateral portion of the head, behind the eyes. 



Testaceous, clear brownish yellow, like the paler markings on tortoise-shell ; 



loosely used colour term. 

 Tetramerous, with four joints. 

 Tomentose, with a covering of soft hairs. 

 Transverse, broader than long. 



Trapezoidal, in the shape of a trapezium or irregular four-sided rectilinear 

 figure. 



Triturating, adapted for crushing. 



Truncate, abruptly cut right across in a straight line. 



Tubercle, a small abrupt elevation of varying form. 



Tumid, or Turgid, swollen. 



Unicolorous, of one colour throughout. 



Unilateral, on one side only (of the exterior of joints of lamellate antennae, etc.). 

 Unisetose, bearing one seta. 



