The genus of Insects including the Cochineal. In these the male is a minute, winged fly, and the female generally a motionless, berrylike mass.

A case usually of silky material, in which insects are frequently enveloped during the second or resting-stage (pupa) of their existence. The term “cocoon-stage” is here used as equivalent to “pupa-stage.”

A term applied to those fruits of the Umbelliferae which have the seed hollowed on the inner face.

Beetles, an order of Insects, having a biting mouth and the first pair of wings more or less horny, forming sheaths for the second pair, and usually meeting in a straight line down the middle of the back.

A peculiar organ in the flowers of Orchids, in which the stamens, style and stigma (or the reproductive parts) are united.