Au-rē'li-a, n.
n. [Lat. aurum, gold, from its color; Fr. aurélie. See CHRYSALIS.] 1. (Entom.) The nymph, chrysalis, or pupa of an insect; — a term applied to insects in their second stage of transformation, particularly when quiescent, and inclosed in a hardish case, reflecting a brilliant golden color, as in some of the Lepidoptera.
Sense 2. (Zool.) A genus of phosphorescent marine animals of the class Acalephæ.