688 



Index 



Pomace-flies, 349 

 Pompilidae, P o m p i 1 u s 



(TTO/WT?, pompe, escort), 



499, 501 

 Poneridae, Ponera ( novripof, 



ponerus, bad, useless), 



540 

 Pontia beckeri, 445 ; napi, 



445 ; occidentalis, 445 ; 



protodice, 445; venation 



of, *440 ; rapee, 445 ; si- 



symbri, 445 



Poplar carpenter-moth, 385 

 Porthetria dispar, 405 

 Potter-bees, 514 

 Potato-beetle, 278 

 Potter-wnsps, 498 

 Potomanthus brunneus, 



section throurh head of 



male, *6g 



Praying-mantes, 126; an- 

 cient beliefs, 130 

 Praying-mantis, *I29, 130, 



131 ; egg-cases of, *i62, 



*i6 3 

 Predaceous diving-beetle, 



252; ground-beetle, 252 

 Prenolepis imparis, 547 ; 



underground nest of, 



* 54 6 

 Prionidae, Prionus (npiuv, 



prion, a saw), 283 

 Prionidus cristatus, 204 

 Prionoxystus robinia, 385, 



386 ; scales from wing 



of, *594; venation of, 



*38 

 Prionus calif ornicus, *2%2 ; 



imbricornis, 283 ; laticol- 



lis, 283 ' 

 Pristophora grossularia, 



466 



Proboscis, *7, 8, *io 

 Proctotrypidae, Procto- 



trypes (jrpuKT6<;, proctus, 



the anus ; rpvirav, try pan, 



to bore), 463, 477 

 Proctotrypoidea (see 



Prpctotrypidae) 

 Prolimacodes scapha, 384 

 Promethea -moth, 422, 



*424 ; development of 



color-pattern in pupal 



wings of, *597 

 Prominents, 369, 392 

 Pronotum, *3 

 Pronuba moth laying eggs 



in ovary of Yucca, *577 ; 



rubbing pollen down 

 stigmatic tube of Yucca, 

 *S78 



Pronuba yuccasella, as a 

 cross-pollinator of yuc- 

 cas, 576 



Prop-legs, 360 



Propolis, 530 



Prosopis pubescens, 

 mouth-parts of, *5ii 



Prosternum, 136 



Protective resemblance, 

 599; of Phasmidae, 132; 

 of Trimerotropis, 147 



Prothorax, 7 



Pselaphidae, Pselaphus 

 {^ri'^a^av, pselaphan, 

 feel or grope about), 

 265 



Pseudohasis eglanterina, 

 426 ; h e r a , 426 ; shas- 

 tansis, 426 



Pseudoperla, 73 



Psilopus ciliatus, venation 

 of wing of, *336 



Psinidia fenestralis, *i^6 



Psithyridae, Psithyrus 

 (^tdvp6f, psithyrus, 

 whisperer, warbler), 

 520 



Psithyrus, 519 



Psocidse, Psocus (fl>^X Elv i 

 psochen, grind in 

 pieces), 112; key to 

 genera of, 112; venation 

 of wing of, 113 



Psocus, 113 



Psyche, 386 



Psyche carbonaria, 386 ; 

 confederata, 386 ; glo- 

 veri, 386 



Psychidae, Psyche (i>vxn, 

 psyche, a butterfly), 

 369, 386 



Psychoda sp., mouth-parts 

 of, *32O 



Psychodidae, Psychoda 

 ( *l>vxy> psyche, butter- 

 fly; E5of, edus, form), 



304, 319 



Psychology of insects, 32 

 Psychomorpha epimenis, 



409 

 Psyllidae, Psylla ( intJJM, 



psylla, a flea), 166, 171 

 Psyllomyia testacea, *553 

 Pteronarcys, 73 

 Pterophoridae, Pteropho- 



rus (KTep6v, pterum, 



feathers ; Qepeiv. pheren, 



bear), 368, 376 

 Pteroptrix flavimedia, *479 

 Pterostichus, 255 ; storiola, 



*254 

 Ptinidae, Ptinus (<t>6ivu, 



phthino, decay, destroy), 



265, 271 

 Ptynx, 233 

 Pulex avium, 353 ; irritans, 



*354, 356 

 Pulicidae, Pulex (pulex, 



a flea), 355, 356 

 Pulvilliform, 332 

 Pulvillus, 102 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 



*i88 



Punkie, female, mouth- 

 parts of, *3ii 

 Punkies, 310 

 Pupa, 45 

 Pupipara (pupus, a child ; 



par ere, bring forth), 303, 



351 



Puss-moth, larva of, *6o7 



Puss-moths, 392, 394 



Pyralid moth, venation of 

 wing of, *376 



Pyralidina, Pyralis (^'P, 

 pyr, fire), 368, 374, 376 



Pyralis farinalis, 378; ve- 

 nation of wing of, *376 



Pyromorpha dimidiata, 

 388; venation of, *3&9 



Pyromorphid, venation of 

 a, *389 



Pyromorphidae (prob. T'"P, 

 pyr, fire ; nopfyf/, morphe, 

 form), 369, 386 



Pyrrharctia Isabella, 412 



Pyrrhocoridae, Pyrrhocoris 

 (trvppof, pyr r us, red- 

 dish; K6pi$, coris, a bug), 

 195, 207, 210 



Radius (see venation} 

 Ranatra fusca, *2Oi ; eggs 



of, *20i 

 Raphidia sp., stages of, 



*233 

 Raphidiidae, Raphidia 



(patyis, rap his, a needle), 



224 

 Raspberry geometer, 398; 



plume-moth, *377; root 



borer, 391 

 Rat-fleas, 357 



