GLOSSARY. 
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Mespslenmm, that part of the breast to which the middle legs are attached. See figure on page -7 
lletastemum, the hindermost section of the breast, to which the hi, ft legs are attached See 
figure on page 27. 
MonUi/onn, like a string of beads. 
Mucronate , .terminated abruptly in an acute point. 
Necrophagous , feeding on dead animals or carrion. 
Normal , of the usual form, not exceptional. 
Ob, prefixed to a word reverses tlie position. 
(ibcordale, .inversely heart-shaped, that is, heart-shaped, will, the point directed doumvaid or 
backward. 
Obovate, inversely egg-shaped. See Obcordale. 
Obsolete, undeveloped, indistinct. 
Obtuse, blunt. 
Occiput, the hinder part of the head. 
Ocelli, the single eyes. See page 5. 
Oculi, the compound eyes. See page (>. 
Orbicular, round and flat, applied to a surface. 
Oval, somewhat egg-shaped, but with the two ends alike. 
ovate, egg-shaped, one end being narrower than the other. 
Oviduct, the instrument for depositing the eggs. 
Ovum, plural ova, an egg. 
l-almate, hand-shaped, cut in about half way to the base, like the fingers of The band. 
Palpus, plural palpi, little jointed appendages to the mouth. See pages 18 and 87. 
Parallel, having parallel sides of equal width throughout. 
Parasitic, inhabiting another animal, or living at its expense. 
Pectinate, comb-toothed. 
Pectus, the breast. 
Peduncle, a stalk or petiole. 
Pedunculated, attached at the end of a peduncle. 
Pentamerous, liaviug live joints iu all the tarsi. 
Penultimate, the last but one. 
Perfoliate, composed of transverse Battened joints, with the axis passing through the center. 
Petiolated. See pedunculated. 
Pieeous, pitch-colored, reddish black. 
Pilose, clothed with long flexible hairs. Compare with hirsute. 
Poisers , or halteres. See page 13. 
Proboscis, the sucker. 
Procumbent, lying flat. Compare with decumbent and incumbent. 
Prostermnn, the tore part of the breast, to which the anterior legs are attached. See page 27. 
Pubescent, downy, coated with almost microscopically fine hair or down. 
Punctured, marked with small impressed points or dots. 
Pupa, an insect in the chrysalis state, or that following the larva. 
Quadrate, square-shaped or nearly so. 
Remote, standing far apart. 
Reniform, kidney-shaped. 
Reticulate, like net-work. 
Rostrum, a beak, or prolongation of the head. 
Rufous, light-reddish. 
Rugose, wrinkled. 
Rypophagous , tilth-eating. 
Salient, projecting, prominent. 
Saltatory, leaping. 
Scrobe, the furrow on the side of the rostrum of the snout-beetles for the reception of the antenna*. 
Scutellum or Soutel, the top of the mosothorax, forming in the Coleoptera the small triangular piece 
between the bases of the elytra. 
Securiform, hatchet-shaped, broadly triangular. 
Sericeous , clothed with a line silicon pubescence. See Pubescent. 
Serrate, saw-toothed. Seepage 11. 
Sessile, attached by the whole width, not pedunculate. 
Seta, a bristle. 
Setaceous, bristle-like, sleuderand tapering. 
