GLOSSARY. 



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PO-LYG'A-MY. Where a male in- 

 sect mates with more than one 

 female. 



POL-Y-GO'NEU-TISM. The power 

 of producing several broods a 

 season. 



PRE'O-RAL. In front of the 

 mouth. 



PKI'MA-RIES. The fore wings of 

 Lepidoptera. 



PRO-BOS'UIS. The mouth-parts 

 adapted for sucking. 



PROC'ESS. A projection; used 

 chiefly in osteology. 



PROC-TO-D^E'UM. The primitive 

 hind gut, or rectum. 



PRO-DU'CED. Drawn out; pro- 

 longed. 



PRO'LEG, or PROP'-LEG. One of 

 the abdominal legs of a cater- 

 pillar. 



PRO-PY-GI'DI-UM. The dorsal 

 segment or tergite in front of 

 thepygidium,sometimesleftex- 

 posed by the elytra, in beetles. 



PRO'TE-AN-DRY. The appear- 

 ance of males earlier in the 

 season than females. 



PRO-TOM'A-L^;. The second pair 

 of mouth-appendages of Myri- 

 opoda; the so-called mandibles. 



PRO'TO-PLASM (Gr. protos, first; 

 plasma, tromplasso, I mould). 

 The albuminous, elementary 

 matter forming cells and the 

 body-substance of Pi'otozoa. 



PROX'I-MAL (Lat. proximus, next). 

 The fixed end of a limb, bone, 

 or appendage; that nearest the 

 body; opposed to distal, the 

 farther end. 



PRU'I-NOSE. Hoary; frosted. 



PSEUD-O-NYCH'I-A. The spu- 

 rious or third claw; ernpo- 

 diuni. 



PSEU-DO-TRACH'E-^. The tra- 

 chea-like, chitiuous, cylindrical 

 channels in the labella of certain 

 flies, the ends of which project 

 beyond the edge of the fleshy 

 flaps (labella) and seem to file 

 away the substances on which 

 the fly feeds. (Dimmock.) 



PTER-O GOS'TIC. Referring to the 

 wings. 



PU-BES'CENT. Coated with very 

 fine hairs. 



PTJL'VE-RU-LENT. Dusty. 



PUL-VIL'LUS (Lat. a little cush- 

 ion). The pad between the 

 two claws of the feet. When 

 divided into two or three lobes, 

 each lobe is sometimes errone- 

 ously called a pulvillus. 



PUNC'TUR-ED. Marked with nu- 

 merous small impressed dots; 

 punctate. 



PU'PA (Lat. a doll). The third 

 or usually quiescent, chrysalis 

 stage of insects. 



PU-PATE'. To become a pupa. 



PU-PA'TION. The act of becom- 

 ing a pupa. 



PY-GID'I-UM. The rudimentary 

 terminal abdominal segment of 

 insects; in beetles the last dor- 

 sal segment left exposed by the 

 elytra; more properly applica- 

 ble to the last abdominal seg- 

 ment of trilobites. 



RA-DI cu LA. Radicle; the basal 

 joint of the antenna, attached 

 to the head. 



RA'DI-CS. The vein just behind 



