terapint

An obsolete spelling of terrapin. are about 125 spe- Teras (te'ras), n. [NL. (Treitschke, 1829), through warm regions and especially numer ous in Australia. A few are found in North America, six occurring within the United States south of Delaware, one of which, T. Virgin i an a, extends northward as far as the Ma achusetts coast. They are herbs or shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves of many leaflets, rarely reduced to three or even to one, often closely hoary with IMG:content-0108.jpg:[ocr errors] Hoary Pea ( Tephrosia Virgin i an a ). a , the fruits. silken hairs, and remarkable, except in a few Australian species, for their peculiar veins, not netted or branching, but extending parallel to each other obliquely from the Teras malivorana. a , larva; b , pupa c, moth; d, leaf with pupal exuvium. (Cro and lines show natural sizes.) terce ordinarily placed at the head of the tortricid series. The genus is wide-spread and the species are numerous. T. malivorana is common in the United States, and feeds in the larval state on the leaves of the apple. T. caudana is a curious European species in which the fore wings have a falcate outer margin and an excavation on the costal margin. T. con tamin an a is known as the checkered pebble.