Cuckoo spit: liquid in the form of bubbles produced by members of the family Cercopidae and which often conceals the producer. Cucullate: hooded; somewhat hood-shaped. Cucullus: a hood: see capillitium. Cuilleron: see alula. Culicifuge: any preparation for driving away gnats or mosquitoes. Culmen: the longitudinal carina of a caterpillar. Cultellus: one of the blade-like lancets in piercing flies: = the mandibles of some authors. Cultrate -iform: shaped like a pruning knife. Cumulate: in groups or heaps. Cumulus: a group or heap; as of cells in a developing ovum. Cuneate, Cuneiform: wedge-shaped; elongate triangular. Cuneus: Hymenoptera; the small triangular area at the end of the embolium of hemelytra: Odonata, the small triangle of the vertex between the compound eyes. Cupreous: the metallic red of pure shining copper. Cupules: the sucker-like processes covering the under surface of the tarsi in male Dytiscidce. Cupuliform: cup-shaped: like a little cup: = cyathiform. Cursoria: in Orthoptera, that series in which the legs are formed for running (roaches, etc.). Cursorial: formed for running. Curvate: curved. Curvinervate: wings with the veins distinctly curved, like some Psocidae. Cusp -is: a pointed process; sometimes at the margin of a wing. Cuspidate: prickly pointed; ending in a sharp point; with an acuminated point ending in a bristle. Custodite -us: guarded: a body in an envelope. Cuticle: the outer skin or skin layer. Cuticula: = cuticle: specifically applied to the outer or chitinized layer: see epidermis and hypodermis. Cyaneous: pure dark blue: indigo blue [French blue]. Cyanescent: with a deep bluish tinge or shading. Cyanogenic: applied to repugnatorial glands in myriapods and sometimes in insects. Cyathiform: obconical and concave; cup-shaped: = cupuliform. Cyatotheca: the cover of the thorax in the pupa. Cycle: a round or circle, e.g. of development; a life cycle. Cyclorrhapha: that section of Diptera in which the adult escapes from the hardened pupal case by pushing off a lid or covering: see orthorrhapha. Cyclorrhaphous: circular seamed. Cydariform: globose, but truncated at two opposite sides. Cylindrical: in the form of a cylinder or tube; round, elongate, of equal diameter throughout. Cymbiform: boat-shaped: a concave disc with elevated margin; navicular. Cytoplasm: the protoplasm of a cell exclusive of nucleus; the cell body. D Dactylus: a finger or toe: = digitus: a tarsal joint after the first one, when that is enlarged as in bees. Dagger mark: a marking in the form of a Greek Psi _. Dart: a sting, or its central part. Dash: a short disconnected streak or mark. Dasygastres: bees with pollen-carrying structures on the abdomen. Deaurate: of the color of gold; golden. Deciduous: that which may be cast off or shed. Declinate -us: a part somewhat bent, the apex downward. Decumbent -ous: sloping gradually downward. Decrepitans: crackling.