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Protocerebral segment: ocular segment; q. v. 



Protocerebrum: the primitive anterior cerebral vesicle. 



Protocosta: the thickened costal margin of Lepidopterous wings. 



Protocranium: the posterior part of the epicranium : sometimes used as 

 = occiput. 



Protogonia: the apical angle of the primaries. 



Protograph: an original description by a figure or picture made from the 

 original type. 



Proto-lepidoptera: proposed for those forms (Eriocephalidce') in which 

 lacinia and mandibles are obvious and the spiral tongue is not developed : 

 see neolepidoptera and paleolepidoptera. 



Protolog: the original description by words. 



Protoloma: the anterior margin of primaries. 



Protomesal: applied to certain areolets in Hymenoptcra, situated between 

 costal cells and apical margin. 



Prototergite: the foremost dorsal segment of abdomen. 



Protothorax: = prothorax; q. v. 



Prototype: a primitive form to which later forms can be traced. 



Protractor: that which extends or lengthens out; applied to muscles. 



Protuberance: any elevation above the surface. 



Protuberant: rising or produced above the surface or general level. 



Proventriculus: the posterior portion of crop; the gizzard. 



Proximad: toward the proximal end. 



Proximal: that part of an appendage nearest the body: see distal. 



Prozona: in Orthoptcra, the upper or dorsal surface of prothorax in front 

 of the principal sulcus. 



Pruinose: hoary; as if covered with a fine frost or dust. 



Pruinous-us: deep blue with a reddish tinge, like a plum [French blue + 

 purple lake]. 



Psammophilous: living in sandy places. 



Pselaphotheca: that part of the pupa which covers the palpi. 



Pseudidolum: = nymph; q. v. 



Pseudimago: = sub-imago; q. v. 



Pseud- or Pseudo-: as a prefix means false, spurious, or merely resembling. 



Pseudo-cellula: = accessory cell; q. v. 



Pseudo-chrysalis: the semi-pupa. 



Pseudo-coel: a false hollow; a hollow which does not form a tube. 



Pseudo-cone: a soft, gelatinous cone in the compound eye of some insects, 

 replacing the crystalline cone of others. 



Pseudo-elytra: the aborted anterior wings of Strepsiptcra. 



Pseudogyna fundatrix: in Aphids, is the immediate issue of a fecundated 

 egg : a stem-mother. 



Pseudogyna gemmans: in Aphids, are wingless descendants of the stem- 

 mother (fundatrix) or of the winged migrants (migrans) which repro- 

 duce asexually through a number of generations. 



Pseudogyna migrans: in Aphids, the winged descendants of the stem-mother 

 (fundatrix) through which the species is spread. 



