ior lobe: Orthoptera; see lobes.

Anterior squama: = antisquama; q.v.

Anterior stigmatal tubercle: on thoracic and abdominal segment of
caterpillars; varies from substigmatal to stigmatal anterior;
sometimes united to IV: it is V of the abdominal series, IV of the
thorax (Dyar).

Anterior trapezoidal tubercle: on thoracic and abdominal segment of
caterpillars addorsal, anterior, always present, rarely united with II: it
is I of the abdominal series, la of the thorax (Dyar).

Antero: to the front; anteriorly.

Antero-dorsal: Diptera; applied to leg bristles at the meeting of
anterior and dorsal face.

Antero-ventral: Diptera; applied to leg bristles at the meeting of
anterior and ventral face.

Anthobian: feeding on flowers; applied to certain lamellicorn
Coleoptera in which the labium extends beyond the mentum.

Anthophila: Hymenoptera; species in which the basal joint of the hind
tarsus is dilated and pubescent; the bees.

Anthracine -us: coal black; black with a bluish tinge.

Anti: over against; opposite; contrary: (prefix).

Anticus: frontal; belonging to or directed toward the front.

Antigeny: opposition or antagonism of the sexes; embracing all forms
of secondary sexual diversity.

Antipodal costal spaces: Odonata; the cells between costa and
subcosta, from the base to the modus; = antecubitals.

Antisquama: Diptera; the upper of the two which moves with the
wings; = antitegula; see also squama.

Antitegula: see antisquama.

Antlia: the spiral tongue or haustellum of Lepidoptera.

Antliata: insects with a sucking mouth; originally applied to
Lepidoptera and Diptera, later and more specifically to Diptera.

Antrorse -sum: directed toward the front.

Anus: the end of the digestive tract, through which the food remnants
are passed: the posterior part of the individual: specifically, in
Coccidae, a more or less circular opening on the dorsal surface of the
pygidium, varying in location as regards the circumgenital gland
orifices: = anal orifice.

Aorta: the anterior, narrow part of the heart, opening into the head.

Apex: that part of any joint or segment opposite the base by which it is
attached; that point of a wing furthest removed from base or at the
end of the costal area.

Aphaniptera: indistinctly winged; see Siphonaptera.

Aphideine: see aphidilutein.

Aphidilutein: a yellowish fluid found in plant lice, changed to a rich
violet by alkaline reagents.

Apical: at, near or pert