entomophaga

pl. [Gr. entoma =insects, and phage in =to eat.] 1. Zool .: The name given by Prof. Owen to a divis. ion of the Marsupial i a, having small canine teeth, and preying on the smaller invertebrate animals. It contains the families Per am elide (Bandicoots), Didelphide (American Opo ums), and Myrmecobiide (Banded Anteaters). Sometimes the first aro called Salt at or i a (Leapers), the second, Scans or i a (Climbers), and the third, Ambulator i a (Walkers). 2. Entom.: A tribe of Hymenoptera, containing the Ichneumons or Cuckoo-flies. They have an ovipositor at the end of the abdomen. This, in some genera, is exserted to a considerable length. They lay their eggs in the larvæ of other insects, on which the young ichneumons, when they emerge from the egg, prey. The Entomophaga are generally of small size. There are numero The tribe is divided into four families, (1) Evanide, (2) Ichneumon ide, (3) Chalcididæ, and (4) Proctotrupidæ. numerous genera and species. entoperipheral en-to-moph-a-gan, s . [ENTOMOPHAGA.] Zool. & Entom .: An animal belonging to the mammalian or to the insect tribe of Entomophaga. ěn-tô-moph-a-go us, a . [ENTOMOPHAGA.] Zool. & Entom .: Pertaining or relating to the Entomophaga; insect-eating. ěn-tô-moph-1-lous, a . [Gr. entomon =an insect, and philos = loved; phileo = to love.] Loved by insects; attractive to insects. entomophilous-flowers, s. pl. Bot.: Flowers in which the pollen is carried by insects from the male to the female flowers. They are to be contra-distinguished from anemophilous flowers, in which the instrumentality is that of the wind. en-to-mo-steg-1-dæ, s . pl . [Gr. entomos =cut in pieces, and stege =a roof, a covering.] Zool .: A family of Rhizopod a, consisting of animals with shells, the chambers arranged spirally in a double series. IMG:content-1048.png:[blocks in formation]