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INDEX. 



Places where insects are found, 

 M. 360 



Plant-louse, A. 391, jig. 



Plalygaster Tipulce, Latr., T. 

 260 



Pliny's description of bee-bat- 

 tles, M. 322 



Ploiaria vagabunda, Scopoli, 

 T. 380; 381,/^. 



Plusia Chrysitis, T. 213; P. 

 Gamma, Ochsenh., T. 211 ; 

 360 



Poa annua, M. 25, Jig. 



Podura aquatica, and P. holo- 

 sericea, T. 393 



PoduridcE, Leach, T. 393 



Poison of the bee, M. 325: 

 poison-bag, 326, Jig. 



Poisonous honey, account of, 

 M. 31 



Poisons for flies, M. 30 



Poitou and Holderness, de- 

 struction by maggots at, T. 

 255 



Polydrusus Mali, T. 244 



Polyporus versicolor, Mich. A. 

 361 



Polyommatua Alexis, Ste- 

 phens, T. 371 



Ponera contracta, Latr. 



Pontia BrassiccE, A. 19 ; T. 

 35 ; 61 ; 62 ; 64 ; 133. 135 ; 

 280; 312; M. 38 



Pontia Cardaminus, T. 316 



Pontia RapcB, Haworth, A. 

 182, M. 41 



Poplar-semi-galls of the cot- 

 tony aphis, A. 392, Jig. 



Poppy.flower-bee of Largo 

 and of Bercy, A. 54 



Porthesia aurijlua, Steph., A. 

 174; 329,330; T. 193; 208; 

 S49, 350 ; M. 75 



Porthesia aurijlua, and P. 

 ChrysorrhcBa, Steph., T. 83 



Porthesia chrysorrhota, A. 329; 

 331 ; T. 209, Jig, 



Preservation of insects. M. 

 376 



Processionary caterpillars, 

 nest of, A. 334, Jig. 



Propolis, A. 105 ; opinions of 

 the old naturalists concern- 

 ing, 106 ; discovery of Ru- 

 ber concerning, 106 ; Mr 

 Knight's observations on, 

 109; various uses of, 109; 

 basket for carrying, on the 

 thighs of bees, 110; process 

 of loading with. 111 



Proscarabeus vulgaris, Steph., 

 T. 386 ; Jig. 387 



Pseudo-galls, A. 397 ; gall of 

 the bramble, A. 397 ; of the 

 hawthorn, 398 ; of the 

 Scotch fir, 399 



Psocus abdominalis, A. 305 



Psychodce, Latr., T. 384 



Pterophylla, Kirby, T. 143 



Pterophorus pentadactylus, 

 Leach, T. 345 



Pulex irritans, T. 390, M. 

 127; 178; 182 



Pulex penetrans, M. 91, Jig. 



Pulicidce, T. 392 



Punishments among ants for 

 laziness; M. 305 



Pupa, A. ^1, Jig. of Cicada, 

 20 ; of Sphinx Ligustri, 21 ; 

 of a water-beetle, 21 ; of 

 blow-fly, and of syrphus, T. 

 284, Jigs. ; of the chamele- 

 on fly, structure of, 292, 

 Jigs. ; of the lappit moth, 

 2M,Jigs. 



Pupae, form and structure of, 

 T. 288 ; changes produced 

 on by evaporation, 297; 

 respiratory organs of, 300; 

 experiments on the breath- 

 ing of, 301 ; valves of the 

 spiracles in, 302, Jigs. ; of 

 aquatic crane flies and 

 gnats, breathing apparatus 

 in the, 304, Jigs. ; transfer- 



