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BRITISH BEETLES. 
Laminate. Plated. 
Lateral. Appertaining to the side. 
Linear. Line-like; narrow, elongate. 
Lineate. Striped longitudinally. 
Lobe. A lappet or division. 
Lunulate. Crescent-shaped. 
Maculate. Spotted (not necessarily with round marks). 
Margin. Outer edge. 
Moniliform. Bead-shaped. 
Natatorial. Adapted for swimming. 
Necrophagous. Feeding on dead animals. 
Normal. Usual or natural. 
Ob-, in composition, means reversed, as Obovate, re- 
versed ovate. 
Obsolete. Indistinct. 
Ocellus. An eye-like spot. 
Ocelli. Small eyes, usually on the top of the head. 
Ocellated. Marked with spots having a round centre 
and a light-coloured outer ring. 
Ochraceous. Brownish-yellow. 
Ovate. Egg-shaped. 
Palmate. Widened and divided like the haud. 
Patella. A little cup. 
Pectinate. Toothed like a comb. 
Phytophagous. Plant-feeding. 
Pilose. Hairy. 
Pitchy. Brown with a tinge of black. 
Pubescent. Downy. 
Punctate. Impressed with punctures. 
Puncture (or Punctuation ). A small depression in the 
surface, often round. 
Pygidium. Last dorsal segment of abdomen. 
Quadrate. Square. 
