Capricorn beetle: a Cerambycid or long horned beetle.
Caprification: is that method or process through which the Smyrna figs are fertilized by Blastophaga throughthe medium of wild, inedible or "caprifigs."
Capsular: in the form of a capsule or little cup-like container.
Caput: the head with all its appendages.
Capylus: a hump on the Tupper side of the segments of many larva.
Carabidoid: applied to the second stage of a meloid larva, when it resembles that of a Carabid.
Carbonarius: coal black.
Cardia: the gizzard; q.v.: also applied to the heart.
Cardiac: belonging or relating to the heart.
Cardiac valvule: see oesophageal valve.