Palmate: like the palm of the hand, with finger-like processes. Palmula: = pulvillus; q.v. Palp: a mouth feeler or palpus. Palpal: belonging, relating or attached to the palpi. Palparium: in some Coleoptera, and other insects, the membranous support to which the labial palpi are attached, and which permits an amount of extension not possible when they are fixed. Palpi: plural of palpus; q.v. Palpicorne: with long, slender, antenna-like palpi. Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes. Palpiferous or -gerous: bearing a palpus. Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense. Palpigerous stipes: in Coleopterous larvae, = palpifer; q.v. Palpuli: the maxillary palpi in Lepidoptera, when visibly developed. Palpus: a mouth feeler: tactile, usually jointed structures borne by the maxillae (maxillary palpi) and labium (labial palpi). Panduriform: violin shaped: oblong, with rounded ends, medially constricted. Panorpatae: = Mecoptera; q.v. Pantherine: in color, almost like cervinus; q.v.: in maculation, like those of a panther. Papilioform: formed like a butterfly wing. Papilionaceous: butterfly-like. Papilla: a minute, soft projection: specifically the modified ligula in silk spinning caterpillars. Papillary: with nipple-like processes that have the tips rounded. Papillate -us: a surface with small elevations which are porous at tip. Papilliform: like a wart or pimple. Papillose -us: pimply; a surface covered with raised dots or pimples. Pappose: downy: made up or clothed with pappus. Pappas: a fine down. Para-: next to; near by; at the side of. Parabiosis: see symbiosis. Parabolic: elongately rounded. Paraclypeal piece: in lepidopterous pupa, occurs in some of the generalized families on each side of the maxillary palpi. Paraclypeus: in caterpillars, a narrow sclerite bordering clypeus at sides. Paraderm: the limiting membrane enclosing the pronymph of Muscidae. Paraglossa: a paired, labial structure, lying at each side of the ligula; often connected with it; sometimes free and two-jointed: corresponds to the galea of maxilla. Parallel: along the same line and nearly equidistant. Paranal: at the side of or next to the anus or anal structures. Paranal forks: two lateral, bristle-like structures in some caterpillars, used to throw frass pellets to a distance. Paranal lobes: = podical plates; q.v. Paraphysis: the chitinized thickenings or lateral ingrowths, usually situated at the base of the lobes in certain Diaspid genera. Parapleura: the sternal side pieces in beetles. Parapodia: the pro- or false legs: more specifically applied to the jointed abdominal processes of the Symphyla. Parapsidae: the small sclerites on each side of the scutellum in Chalcids, marked by the parapsidal grooves.