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Any of several clumsy, wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes, found in the Pacific States.

ata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.

Same as Pleochroism.

Same as Pleomorphism.

The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.

Paleobotany.

o rallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to the encyclical put forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892.

circular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.] Farrow. (b) (Paleon.) An ammonite.

Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic. Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched. I. Watts.

A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.

A connecting band; a frænum; as, the retinacula of the ileocæcal and ileocolic valves.

A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.

A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

der, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.

including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.

ly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture. He knew that policy would desincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. E. Everett.

(Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch. -- Spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. -- Sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice. -- Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs…

ine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-a-mist. See under Love. -- Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. -- Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant (Dabæcia polifolia), named from an Irish saint. -- Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff. -- Saint Elmo's fire, a luminious, flame…

ropelled by a screw. -- Screw thread, the spiral which forms a screw. -- Screw stone (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. -- Screw tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Helicteres, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also calle…