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wrapped in a hard covering.
Obtected: applied to pupae when they are covered with a chitinous
case which confines and conceals all appendages, though their
outlines may be marked on the surface: see free, and coarctate.
Obtuse: not pointed: an angle greater than a right angle: opposed to
acute. Obtuse-angulate: two markings or margins meeting so as to
form an obtuse angle.
Obtusilingues: short-tongued bees with the tip obtuse or bifid: see
acutilingues.
Occipital foramen: the opening in the occiput, opposed to a similar
opening in the prothorax: = foramen magnum.
Occipital margin: in Mallophaga, the posterior margin of the head.
Occipito-orbital bristles: in Diptera; situated on posterior orbit of eye.
Occiput: that part of the head behind the vertex: in Diptera, the whole
posterior surface of the head: in bees, the space between the vertex
and the neck.
Occlusor: applied to muscles which close an opening; e.g. spiracles.
Occult -us: hidden; concealed from superficial view.
Ocellar bristles: in Diptera, are situated close to the ocelli, usually
directed forward: often absent.
Ocellar ribband: a crescent-shaped, smooth thin belt across the eye
region in butterfly chrysalids.
Ocellar triangle: a triangle, indicated by grooves or depressions, on
which the ocelli are situated; Diptera.
Ocellate: eye-like in appearance: in Lepidoptera, spots on the wings,
bordered by a colored iris or ring, and usually with a pupil.
Ocelli: plural of ocellus; q.v.; = stemmata.
Ocelligerous: supplied with, or bearing ocelli.
Ocellus: a simple eye, consisting of a single convex or bead-like lens,
which conveys an image to a retina.
Ocelli occur in larvae and, singly or in small groups, in adults: the
compound eyes are made up of numerous ocelli.
Ochraceous: yellow with a slight tinge of brown [pale cadmium yellow
and brown ochre].
Ochraeus -eus: = ochraceous.
Ochro-leucus: dilute ochraceous.
Ocular emargination: in Mallophaga, a lateral emargination of the
head in which the eye is received posteriorly.
Ocular fleck: in Mallophaga, a small, intensely black spot of pigment
in the eyes.
Ocular fringe: in Mallophaga, closely set small hair on posterior half of
ocular emargination, sometimes extending on temporal margin.
Ocular lobes: of brain = procerebrum; q.v.
Ocular sclerite: the first or protocerebral segment of the head.
Ocular tubercles: in Aphids, are a group of prominent facets on
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