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 structure.
Chelate: bearing a cheat or claw; applied when claws are capable of being drawn down or back upon the last tarsal joint.
Chiasma: an X-like crossing of nerve fibers.
Chirotype: a specimen upon which a manuscript name is based.
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