Coregent

A joint regent or ruler. Core'idæ, n. pl. (Zool.) The Squash-bug, a family of Hemipter a, comprising bugs which have the body oblong-oval. They are chiefly abundant in tropical countries. The Diator bilineatus ( Fig. 682), a native of Brazil, has very singular leaf-like appendages to the tibial joints of its hind legs. This, however, is common to many other species. The smell of these insects is most peculiar, being very far from agreeable, and having a ociations connected with it by no means pleasing. To the genus core us belongs the common squash-bug, C. trist is, of this country. It is about half an inch long, rusty black above, dingy ochre-yellow beneath, and pa es the winter in a torpid state; and when the vines of the squash put LEAF-LEDGED COREUS. forth a few rough leaves, it col- ( Diator bilineatus.) lects beneath them, and soon begins to lay eggs, which it fastens in clusters to the under side. Fig . 682. Co-rela'tion, n. Joint or corresponding relation. Co-relative, a . See CORRELATIVE. Corella, a town of Spain, prov. Navarre, on the Alama, 13 m. W. of Tudela; pop. 5,552.