pyroacid (piroasid)

[ pyroballogy (pi-ro-bal'ō-ji), n. [ He was enabled, by the help of some marginal documents, together with Gobesius's military architecture and pyroballogy , translated from the Flemish, to form his discourse with pa able perspicuity. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 3. Pyrocephalus (pi-rō-sef'a-lus), n. [NL. (J. Gould, 1838), Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubine us ), male. IMG:content-1380.png:[blocks in formation] Dendroides can a dens is , a member of the family Pyrochroidæ. a, larva; b, pupa; c, beetle (female); d, enlarged anal horns; e, enlarged head of larva; 1, antenna of male beetle, magnified. (Lines show natural sizes of a, b, c.) broadening behind, and remarkable for their relative size. They live in all stages under the half decayed bark of many trees. Five genera and about 20 species are known, represented in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. Dendroides can a dens is is a common North American member of this family.