688 



Index 



Pomace-flies, 349 

 Pompilidse, Pompilus 



{TTo/iTTi/, pompc, escort), 



409, 501 

 Poncrid.-e. Poncra ( irovrnid^, 



poncrus, bad, useless), 



540 

 Poiitia bcckeri. 445 ; nopi, 



445 ; occidcniatis, 445 ; 



protodice, 445; venation 



of, *440 ; rapa, 445 ; si- 



symhri, 445 

 Poplar carpenter-moth, 385 

 Porthciria dispctr, 405 

 Potter-liws, 514 

 Potato-V>cctle, 278 

 Pottcr-w.isps, 498 

 Potomanthus brnnnens. 



section through head of 



male, *()9 

 Praying-mantes, 126; an- 

 cient behefs, 130 

 Praying-mantis, *I29, 130, 



131 : egg-cases of, *l62, 



*i63 

 Predaceous diving-beetle, 



252 ; ground-beetle. 252 

 Prcnolcpis imparts. 547 ; 



underground nest of, 



*546 

 Prionida;, Prionus (rrpiav, 



prion, a savk'), 283 

 Prionidus cristatus. 204 

 Prioiioxystus rohiniw, 385, 



386 ; scales from wing 



of, *S94; venation of, 



Prionus calif ornicus, *282 ; 



imbriccrnis, 283; laticot- 



lis. 283 

 Prislnphora grossularia, 



466 

 Proboscis, *J. 8, *io 

 ProctotrypidK, Procto- 



trypes (T/iuxriif, proctus, 



the anus ; TpvTrav, trypan, 



to bore), 463, 477 

 Proctotrypoidea (see 



Proctotrypidx) 

 Prolimacodcs scapha. 384 

 Promethea -moth. 422, 



*424 ; development of 



color-pattern in pupal 



wings of, *597 

 Promincnts. 369, 392 

 Pronotum, *3 

 Pronuba moth laying eggs 



in ovary of Yucca. *577 ; 



rubbing pollen down 



stigmatic tube of Yucca, 



*578 

 Pronuba yuccasclla, as a 



cross-pollinator of yuc- 

 cas, 576 

 Prop-legs, 360 

 Propolis, 530 

 Prosopis pubcscens, 



mouth-parts of, *5II 

 Prosternum, 136 

 Protective resemblance, 



599; of Phasmidse, 132; 



of Trimerotropis, 147 

 Prothorax. 7 

 Pselaphid.-e. Pselaphus 



( i/<i7/«(iiri I', psclaphan, 



feel or grope about), 



265 

 Pscudohazis cglantcrina, 



426 ; h c r a , 426 ; shas- 



tansis, 426 

 Pseudopcrla. 73 

 Psihpus ciliatus, venation 



of wing of. *336 

 Psinidia fcnestralis, *I46 

 Psithyrids. P s i t h y r u s 



(ipifhipdf, psithyrus, 



whisperer, warbler), 



520 

 Psithyrus, 519 

 Psocidx. Psocus {^ux^tv, 



psochcn, grind in 



pieces), 112; key to 



genera of, 112; venation 



of wing of, 113 

 Psocus, 113 

 Psyche, 386 

 Psyche carbonaria, 386 ; 



confcdcrata, 386; glo- 



vcri, 386 

 Psychidae, Psyche ('/'"OTi 



psyche, a butterfly) , 



369. 386 

 Psychoda sp., mouth-parts 



of. *320 



Psychodidoe, Psychoda 



( 'i>vx'l< psyche, butter- 

 fly ; Mof, cdus, form), 

 304. 319 



Psychology of insects. 32 



Psychomorpha epimenis, 

 409 



Psyllidx. Psylla {imnn, 

 Psylla, a flea), 166, 171 



Psyllomyia tcstacca, *553 



Pteronarcys, 73 



Pterophoridx, Pteropho- 



rus (vTtpdv, p t c r u m , 



feathers ; <tiii>eiv. phcrcn, 



bear). 368. 376 



Pteroptrix flavimedia, *479 



Pterostichus, 255 ; storiola, 



*254 

 Ptinidse, Ptinus ((pHivu, 



phthino, decay, destroy), 



265, 271 

 Ptynx, 233 

 Pulcx avium, 353 ; irritans, 



*354. 356 

 Pulicidae, Pulex (pulcx, 



a flea), 355. 356 

 Pulvilliform. 332 

 Pulvillus. 102 

 Puhinaria innumerabilis, 



*i88 

 Punkie, female, mouth- 

 parts of, *3ii 

 Punkies. 310 

 Pupa. 45 

 Pupipara (pupus. a child: 



parcrc, bring forth), 303, 



351 



Puss-moth, larva of. *6o7 



Puss-moths. 392. 394 



Pyralid moth, venation of 

 wing of, *376 



Pyralidina, Pyralis (-'>, 

 /-.vr. fire). 368, 374. 376 



Pyralis farinalis, 378 : ve- 

 nation of wing of, *376 



Pyromorpha dimidiata, 

 388; venation of. ♦.389 



Pyromorphid, venation of 

 a, *.389 



Pyromorphidx (prob. ~ip, 

 pyr, fire ; I'opO'i. morphe, 

 form), 369. 386 



Pyrrharctia isahclla. 412 



Pyrrhocoridse. Pyrrhocoris 

 {■n-vpfMir, pyrrus, red- 

 dish: K6pic, coris, a bug), 

 195, 207, 210 



Radius (see zicnatioii) 

 Ranatra fusca, *20i ; eggs 



of. *20I 



Raphidia sp.. stages of, 



*233 

 Raphidiidae, Raphidia 



((>a<pi(, raphis, a needle), 



224 

 Raspberry geometer. 398; 



plume-moth, *377 ; root 



borer, 391 

 Rat-fleas, 357 



