GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



369 



Osinia, natural history of, 290. 



parasites of, 302. 



scientific description of, 294. 



Ovate, oval, but with the ends cir- 

 cumscribed by unequal segments 

 of circles. 



Ovipositor = egg-depositor, 1 7. 



Pain, doubtful susceptibility of, 57. 

 Palrua?, 41. 



Palmated, spread like a hand. 

 Palpi, their probable use, 55. 

 Panurgus, general observations on, 



229. 



geography of, 69. 



- infested by Noniada Fabri- 



ciana, 230. 



list of native species, 228. 



natural history of, 229. 



scientific description of, 227. 



Paraglossa 3 , 33. 



obsolete in the artisan bees, 



33. 



where attached, 33. 



Parasites, different kinds of, 110. 



of bees, 109. 



Parasitical bees always the most 



highly coloured, 66, 105. 

 unlike the sitos, 116. 



Cenobites, 302. 

 Passions of bees, 56. 

 Pecten or comb, a fringe of very 



short stiff hair attached to an 



organ, for various purposes. 

 Pectinated, having an edge like a 



comb. 



Pediculus Melittse, 209. 

 Petiole, a foot-stalk. 

 Pharynx, 29, 30. 

 Pile, long loose hair. 

 Pilose, with long, distinct, flexible 



hair. 

 PlantsB, 42, 46. 



structure of, in hive-bee, 46. 



Plants agreeable to bees, 15. 



impregnated by bees, 11. 



Pleasures attending the pursuit of 



natural history, 14. 

 Plumose, with long hair, but not 



thick. 

 Pollen, collection of, 351. 



Pollen, mode of collecting and 



transferring from limb to limb, 



43. 

 probable reasons for the ways 



of carrying, 47. 

 quantity usually collected, 



360. 



Polliniferous, = pollen- collecting. 

 Posterior legs, then* structure for 



the conveyance of pollen, 46. 



- where attached, 46. 

 Post-scutellum, 26, 45. 

 Priority, law of, the basis of syno- 

 nymy, 131. 



Proboscis, 39. 



Process, a protuberance. 



Processes in bees, peculiarities of, 



258. 



Propolis, nature of, 340. 

 Prosopis emits an agreeable 



odour, 195. 

 general observations upon, 



193. 



geography of, 65. 



list of native species, 192. 



- presumed parasitism of, 193. 

 scientific description of, 191. 



supposed liable to Stylops, 



195. 



Prothorax, 26, 41. 



Pubescent, covered with short fine 

 hair. 



Pubescent, hirsute, setose, pilose, 

 plumose, various relative con- 

 ditions of hairiness. 



Pulvillus, 42. 



Punctate, impressed with many 

 points. 



Punctiilate, with fine impressed 

 points. 



Punctured, with coarsely im- 

 pressed points. 



Pupa of bees, 22. 



Queen-bee, administrative func- 

 tion of, 336. 



and worker constitute a 



unity, 331. 



description of, 322. 



etiquette of attendants, 



329. 



