Eupelmine (upelmine)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 32
pl. [NL., prominent subfamily of in of Sea-snail (Lunatia heros). pelmus pe +-inæ.] A promine pelmus sects, of the parasitic hymenopterous family Chalcidida , chiefly distinguished by the en- eupathył (u'pa-thi), n. [ εὐπάθεια , the en- joyment of of good things, comfort; with the Sto- ics, a happy conditio condition; εὐπαθής , enjoying good things, in happy condition, εὖ , well, + πάθος , feeling.] Right feeling. And yet verily they themselves againe do terme those joyes, those promptitudes of the will, and wary circumspections, by the name of eupathies, i. e. good affections, and not of apathies, that is to say, impo ibilities; wherein they use the words aright and as they ought. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 62. Eupatoriaceæ (ū-pa-to-ri-a'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL., Eupatorium + -aceæ.] A tribe of the natural order Compos itæ , having perfect flowers (never yellow) in discoid heads, the anthers not caudate, and the elongated clavate style-branches stigmatic only below the middle. It includes 35 genera and over 750 species, of which only 16 belong to the old world. The principal genera are Eupatorium , Stevia , Mikania, and Brick ell i a. eupatoriaceous (u-pa-to-ri-ā'shius), a. Belonging to or characteristic of the tribe Eupatoria cea. larged first joint int of the middle tarsi and the long spine at the tip of the middle tibise. The antennæ are 18-jointed, and the wings have a long stigmal vein. Many of the species are parasitic in the eggs of other insects, while others live in larvæ.
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