Saxicolous: species that frequent rocky or stony areas. Saws: the ovipositors of the saw flies or Tenthredinidae. Scaber: uneven, rough. Scabriculous: regularly and finely wrinkled. Scabrose -ous: rough like a file, with small raised points. Scalariform: ladder-like; applied to venation when the veinlets between two longitudinal veins are regularly arranged like the rungs of a ladder. Scale: a general term to distinguish Coccidae: specifically the puparium of a Diaspid, comprising exuviae and excreted matter: the waxy covering of a male Lecaniid: in Diptera = alula: q.v. Scales: broad flattened hairs, forming the wing vestiture of Lepidoptera, and present in various other insects. Scalloped: an edge marked by segments of circles without intervening angles. Scalpellus: a lancet-like piercing structure, as in some Diptera. Scalpriform: chisel-shaped. Scansorial: said of feet, when formed for climbing on hair. Scape: the long basal joint of a geniculate antenna in Coleoptera; usually applied to the three basal joints, as in Hymenoptera. Scaphiform: boat-shaped. Scaphium: a ventral process of the 10th abdominal segment in male Lepidoptera below the uncus. Scapula: in Lepidoptera the shoulder tippets, patagia or axillae; q.v.: in Hymenoptera, the side pieces of the mesonotum; also, a trochanter of the fore-leg; in Proctotrupidae the lateral lobes on each side of the parapsidal furrow. Scapulae: in Hemiptera, the inferior lateral face of mesonotum. Scapular: the episternum; q.v.: applied to the scapula. Scapular area: in a wing, is that portion nearest the shoulder: in Orthoptera, = radial area. Scapularia: a meso-episternum: see scapula. Scapular vein: in Orthoptera, = radius. Scapus: = scape. Scarabidoid: applied to that stage of a meloid larva in which it resembles a white grub or Scarabid larva. Scarified: a surface with irregular depressions, as if clawed or scratched. Scariose -ous: dry and scaly. Scatophagous: feeding upon dung or excrement:= merdivorous. Scent glands, or organs: glandular structures; sometimes eversible, sometimes in the form of hair tufts or pencils for diffusing odors that may be repellant or attractive; most frequently found in males as a secondary sexual character. Scent pores: = ostioles; q.v. Sclerite: any piece of the body wall bounded by sutures. Scopa: a brush: a covering of short, stiff hair of equal length: in Hymenoptera, the thick hair covering the posterior tibia of pollen-gathering forms. Scopate: furnished with a scopa. Scopula: a small, dense tuft of hair: the bristles or stiff hairs covering the inner side of basal joint on the tarsi of pollen-gathering Hymenoptera. Scopulipedes: bees which have pollen gathering structures on the feet. Scraper: the hardened portion of the inner margin of the tegmina in crickets used in producing the song. Scriptus: lettered or marked with characters resembling letters.