ccupy the summits of
ridges on the upper surface of - wing; see concave veins.

Convolute: rolled or twisted spirally: also applied to wings when they
are wrapped around the body.

Coprophagus: feeding on excrement or on decaying vegetable matter of
an excrementitious character.

Copula, Copulation: the act of sexual union.

Copulate: to unite in sexual intercourse.

Copulation chamber: a chamber or cell excavated by certain
Scolytid beetles in their burrows, in which copulation takes
place: = rammel-kammer.

Coralline: a pale pinkish red [salmon].

Corbel: an ovate area at the distal end of the tibia in Coleoptera,
surrounded by a fringe of minute bristles; when the articular cavity is
on the side, above the tip, the corbel is closed; when the cavity is at
the extreme tip, the corbel is open.

Corbicula -um: a concave, smooth space, edged by a fringe of hairs
arising from the margins of the posterior tibiae in bees, forming the
pollen basket its function is to hold the collected pollen in place.

Corbiculate: having corbicula.

Cordate: heart-shaped; triangular, with the corners of the base
rounded: not necessarily emarginate at the middle of base.

Cordiform: = cordate.

Coriaceo-reticulate: with impressed reticulations giving a leather-like
appearance.

Coriaceous: leather-like: thick, tough and somewhat rigid.

Coriarious: leather-like in sculpture or texture.

Corium: the elongate middle section of the hemelytra which extends
from base to membrane below the embolium.

Cornea: the outer surface of the compound eye as a whole, and of
each individual facet.

Corneal lenses: are the individual lens-like structures of which the
cornea of the compound eye is composed.

Corneous: of a horny or chitinous substance; resembling horn in
texture.

Cornicles: the honey tubes in plant-lice: = corniculus.

Corniculi: the little horny tips or pieces of the ovipositor in
Orthoptera; see valves.

Corniculus -i: = cornicles; honey-tubes; q.v.

Corniform: like the horn of an ox: a long, mucronate or pointed
process.

Cornute -us: having horns or horn-like processes.

Corona: a crown or crown-like processes.

Coronate: with a crown-like tip or termination.

Coronet: a small crown or corona.

Coronula: a circle or semicircle of spines at the apex of the tibia.

Corpus: the body as a whole.

Corpus adiposum: the mass of fat tissue often found in larvae.

Corpuscle: a small cell; usually applied to