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ame. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.

of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections. Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. Hallam.

on the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]

One of the Carabidæ, a family of active insectivorous beetles.

A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

Of fundamental importance; preëminet; superior; chief; principal. The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, et…

The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

me other than military distinction or service. -- Carpet moth (Zoöl.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as T. tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. -- Carpet snake (Zoöl.), an Australian snake. See Diamond…

it of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

ara. -- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.

That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.

of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are ha…

nding to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.

try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. Packard.

Dissection or opening of the head.

One of the jointed antenniform appendage of the posterior somites of cartain insects. Packard.