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Raptorial. Adapted for preying. 
Reflexed. Bent up ; opposed to Reflexed, bent down. 
Reniform. Kidney-shaped. 
Reticulate. Covered with a network of scratches or 
cross stria?. 
Rufous. Red tinged with yellow. 
Rugose. Wrinkled. 
Rugulose. Slightly wrinkled. 
Saltatorial. Adapted for leaping. 
Scansorial. Adapted for climbing. 
Scape. The long joint at the root of the antennae. 
Scrobes. Lateral furrows on the rostrum holding the 
base of the antennae when at rest. 
Scutellar. Appertaining to, or near to the scutellum. 
Securiform. Hatchet-shaped. 
Serrate. With teeth like a saw. 
Setaceous. Gradually diminishing to the tip like a 
bristle. 
Setose. Set with stiff bristles, or setae. 
Simple. With no unusual addition ; un-spined, uu- 
notched, un-dilated, — as the case may be. 
Sinuate. Slightly waved. 
Spiracle, or Stigma. Breathing-hole. 
Squamose. Scaly. 
Stria. An impressed or elevated line, usually the 
former. 
Striate. With thin longitudinal grooves : usually 
applied to the elytra. 
Strigose. Streaked or scratched. 
Sub-, in composition, means almost. 
Subidate. Suddenly pointed and lessened. 
Sulcate. Furrowed. 
Superficies. Upper surface. 
