wing case

Shard, shrd, n. a fragment, as of an earthen vessel: the wing-case of a beetle.

Certainly this resembles a rough sketch of the future wing-case; but how different from the mature structure!

A fine transparent cushion limits the free edge of the embryo wing and the embryo wing-case.

The instrument by which it produces its music is contrived out of the ordinary nervures of the wing-case.

Each wing case is marked with dotted lines, the breast is dingy yellow, and the antenn and organs of the mouth dull red.