PUPIL

(Lat. pupa.) A term applied to the central Boning of the eye, lie cause it reflects the diminished image of the person who looks into it. It is the central aperture of the trit. PUPIPARES, Pupipara, (Lat. pupa, and pario, I bring forth.) Those insects are said to he pupiparous which produce their young in the condition of a pupe or nymph; as:-fly, Hippobosca equina. i'\"\'\ VORES, Pupivora. (Lat. pupa and voro, I devour.) The name of a tribe of llymenopterous insects, comprehending tfaose of which the larva live puasitically in the interior of the larva; and pups of other insects. [s. 1019]