114 COLEOPTERA, 
Mother. Very right ; now examiiie 
whether this book gives any farther cha- 
racters. 
Lucy. Yes, it says, body hemispheric ; 
abdomen flat ; three joints in each foot. 
What is hemispheric ? 
Mother. You know what a globe is ; 
a sphere means the same thing. Now 
suppose a globe to be divided into two 
equal halves ; each half would be called 
a hemisphere, or half sphere ; thus you 
see this ladybird, being perfectly flat un- 
derneritb, and its upper side having the 
form, as it were, of a half globe, is said to 
be hemispheric, 
Lucy, That is very clear ; now, what 
is abdomen ? 
Mother, Abdomen is the technical 
term applied by anatomists to thnt part 
of the body which contains the stomach 
and bowels. 
You now understand your little friend 
the ladybird sufficiently; we will there- 
fore proceed to that singular genus, lam- 
