xy11dine

[Eng. xylene); suff. -id, -ine.] [XYLOIDIN.] xy-lin-a, subst. [Lat. xylinum; Gr. xylinon = cotton.] Entomol .: The typical genus of Xylinidæ (q. v.). Antenne slightly ciliated in the male; abdomen depre ed, somewhat crested; fore wings narrow, elongate, the edges nearly parallel. British species three, the Conformist, Xylina conform is , the conformist, X. zinckenii, and the Gray Shoulder Knot, X. rhizolitha .