INDEX 



^hytophaga destructor 189, 



190, 200 

 PHYTOPHAGOUS: feeding 



upon plants. 

 PIERCING AND SUCKING 



MOUTH PARTS: Fig. 621 



Figure 621 



Pieridae 172, 182 

 Pieris napi 172 

 Pieris rapoe 172 

 Pigmy crickets 69 

 PILIFERS: the caudo-lateral 



projections of the labrum. 



Fig. 622 



Figure 622 



Pine goll weevil 127 



Pink bollworm 164 



PLANIDiUM: the newly 

 hatched larva of some 

 chalcids. 



PLANTA: the anal clasping 

 legs of caterpillars. 



Plant bug 10, 135 



PLATYFORM: a type of lor- 

 vae with short, broad and 

 flat body, with or without 

 short legs. 14 



Platyphylax 16 



Platypodidae 128 



Plotypsyllidae 81 



Platypsyllus castoris 81 



Platypus compositus 128 



Platystomidae 128 



Plecoptera 59 



PLEURON (pi., pleura) : the 

 lateral region of any seg- 

 ment of the insect body. 



PLICATE: with folds. 



Plum curculio 40 



Plum leaf-miner 152 



Plume moths 167 



PLUMOSE: feathered like a 

 plume. 



Plutella maculipennis 159 



Ppdapion gallicola 127 



Podisus maculiventris 6 



Podosesia syringae 175 



Poduridae 58 



Polymitarcidae 63 



Popillia japonica 4 



PORRECT: projecting. 



Porthetria dispar 7, 168 



POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOP- 

 MENT: the development of 

 an insect after hatching. 



Pothamanthidae 62 



Potato leafhopper 137 



Potato tuberworm 156 



Potomanthus 62 



Praying mantid 70 



Predacious diving beetles 77 



PREDATOR: an animal that 

 preys on others. 



PREPUPA: a quiescent in- 

 star between the end of 

 the larval stage and the 

 pupal stage, active but 

 not feeding. 



Preservatives 25, 26 



PRESTERNUM: a narrow an- 

 terior part of the ster- 

 num. 



PRIMARY LARVA: the new- 

 ly hatched larva of the in- 

 sects with hypermetamor- 

 phosis. See triungulin. 85 



PRIMARY SETAE: the setae 

 borne on setiferous tuber- 

 cules, definite in number 

 and position. 



Prionochaeta opaca 80 



Prionocyphon discoideus 90 



Prionoxystus robiniae 156 



PROBOSCIS: an extended 

 mouth structure. 



Prodoxus quinquepunctellus 

 175 



Projapygidae 57 



PROLEG: a fleshy unseg- 

 mented abdominal leg. 



Promachus vertebratus 199 



PROMINENCE: elevated part. 



PRONOTUM: the dorsal face 

 of the prothorax. 



Prosopistoma foliaceum 62 



Prosopistomatidae 62 



PROSTERNUM: the ventral 

 face of the prothorax, 



PROSTHECA: a mandibular 

 sclerite set with hairs, ar- 

 ticulated to the basalis. 

 80 Fig. 623 



Figure 623 



Prostomis mandibularis 105 



Protentomidae 55 



Proterhinidae 125- 



Proterhinus anthracias 125 



PROTHORAX: the first or 

 anterior segment of the 

 thorax. 



Protoparce quinquemaculata 

 17 



Protoparce sexto 13, 170, 

 1 88 



PROTRACTED: extended. 



PROTUBERANCE: any ele- 

 vation above the surface. 



Protura 54 



Proxodoxinae 151 



Psoini 120 



Pseiaphidae 84 



Psephenidae 92 



Psephenus 93 



Psephenus lecontei 92 



Pseudo click beetles 95 



PSEUDOCULI: a pair of or- 

 gans in the head; their 

 nature undetermined. 



PSEUDOPOD: a soft foot- 

 like appendage, as on 

 the abdomen of caterpil- 

 lars. 



PSEUDCPUPA (in Coleop- 

 tera) : the larva in a 

 quiescent coarctate con- 

 dition which is followed 

 by the true pupa. 



Psilocephala haemorrhoidcl- 

 is 198, 208 



Psocids 35 



Psychidae 160, 178 



Psychoda superba 193, 203 



Psychodidae 193, 203, 205 



Psylla pyricola 10, 138 



Pteraphorus tenuidactylus 

 180 



Pterocrace storeyi 143 



Pterodontia flavipes 197 



Pteronarcidae 59 



Pteronidea ribesii 31, 47, 

 215 



Pterophoridae 167, 169, 180 



Pterostichus 12, 40 



Ptiliidae 80 



Ptilodactyla serricollis 92 



Ptilodactylinae 92 



Ptilostomis ocellifera 149 



Ptinidae 119 



PULVILLUS (pi., pulvilli): 

 pad-like structures be- 

 tween the claws. 



Punkies 194 



PUPA: the resting, inactive 

 stage of holometabolous 

 insects, between the larva 

 and the adult. 



Pupae of Diptera 199 



Pupae of Lepidoptera 173 



PUPARIUM: the next-to- 

 the-last larval skin with- 

 in which many maggots 

 pupate for greater pro- 

 tection. 



PUPATION: the act of be- 

 coming o pupa; entering 

 the resting stage. 



Puss moth 168 



Pygmy locust 70 



PYGOPODS: the appendages 

 of the tenth abdominal 

 segment taken collective- 

 ly- 



Pyralididae 154, 179, 180, 

 184. 186 



Pyralis farinalis 154 



Pyrausta nubilalis 54, 179 



Pyrochroidae 114 



Pytha niger 1 1 5 



Pythidae 114, 115 



R 



Ranatra fusca 130 



Range caterpillar 7 



Rape butterfly 172 



Raphidia hermandi 140 



Raphidia oblita 140 



Raphidiidae 140 



RAPTORIAL: fitted for grasp- 

 ing and holding prey. 



RASPING MOUTH PARTS: 

 with a file-like structure. 



Rearing insects 26 



Rectal tracea 1 1 



Recurvaria piceailla 183 



Reduviidae 133 



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