Anthomorphidæ (antho morfide)

pl. [NL., IMG:content-0855.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] Apple-curculio ( Anthonomus quadrigibbus). a, natural size; d, lateral view; c, dorsal view. or hymenopterous insects; others live between the un opened leaves of various trees; while the majority infest the fruit or seed-pods of plants. The apple-curculio, A. quadrigibbus (Say), is a familiar example, and is distinguished by the four somewhat prominent tubercles on its elytra, and by its bidentate anterior femora. The larvæ of Anthonomus are more arched dorsally than most other curculio nid larvæ; they undergo transformation within the fruit or plant they infest; and they do not enter the ground. An tho phil a (an-thof'i-lä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of an tho phil us: see anthophilous.] In Latreille's system of cla ification, the melliferous aculeate hymenopterous insects; the bees: a synonym of Mellifera (which see). It is commonly divided into the two families Apida and Andre nid a. anthophilous (an-thof'i-lus), a. [ thophore. Anthophore. (From Gray's "Genera of Plants of the United States.") Section of the flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, anthophyllite (an-tho-larged, showing the an the fil'it), n. [NL. (a) within the calyx, phyllum, a clove (with al lusion to the color), bearing the petals, stamens, and ovary. άνθος, a flower, + φύλλον, leaf, = L. folium: see folio.] A mineral, allied to amphibole or hornblende, occurring in radiating columnar aggregates. It is orthorhombic in crystallization. [ antho