n the pupal stage.

Cephalotheca: the united head and thorax of arachnids and
crustacea {Scanner's comment: nowadays this term is used little
if at all. It does not seem ever to have been popular. Instead
the terms cephalothorax or prosoma are widely used.} :
that portion of an obtect pupa covering head and thorax: the anterior
segments of larva that have no obviously separated head.

Cerago: bee-bread.

Ceratheca or Ceratotheca: that portion of the pupal shell that
envelops the antenna.

Cerci: two lateral anal appendages; usually short, jointed,
antenna-like, developed from the eleventh abdominal segment of the embryo;
sometimes unjointed and specialized into forceps or other processes.

Cercopoda: jointed foot-like appendages of the last abdominal
segment; also applied like cerci.

Cercus: see cerci.

Cerebellum: has been applied to the sub-esophageal ganglion.

Cerebrum: the supra-oesophageal ganglion.

Cernuous: bent: with the apex bent downward.

Cervical: relating or belonging to the neck.

Cervical foramen: in coleopterous larvae - occipital foramen.

Cervical sclerites: small ebitinous plates on the membrane between
head and thorax: see jugular sclerites.

Cervical shield: the ebitinous plate on the prothorax of caterpillars
just behind the head: = prothorax shield.

Cerviculate: with a long neck or neck-like portion.

Ceryinus: reddish, deer-gray [pale cadmium yellow and Indian red].

Cervix: the upper part of the neck; = crag: in Diptera; that part of
the occiput lying over the junction of the head, i.e. between the
vertex and neck.

Cespitose: matted together.

Chaetophorous: applied to bristle-bearing flies.

Chaetotaxy: the science dealing with the arrangement and
nomenclature of the bristles on the body of insects.

Chagrined: see shagreened.

Chalastrogastra: the saw-flies: a group of Hymenoptera.

Chalceous: brassy in color or appearance.

Chalybeate: steely in appearance.

Chalybeous: metallic steel blue.

Channelled: a surface, with deep grooves or channels.

Chaperon: =clypeus or clypeus anterior.

Chaplet: a little crown; a circle of hooks or other small processes
terminating a member or appendage.

Character: a quality of form, color or structure.

Cheek: see gena.

Chela: the terminal portion of a limb bearing a lateral movable claw
like that of a crab; specifically applied to the feet in some Parasitica in
which the opposable claw forms a clasping struct