282 EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS USED IN TEXT. 



pallid, pallescent, pale or whitish-yellow. 



palpi, palpus, articulated and movable organs attached to the maxill?e 

 and mandibles (Fig. 26). 



palpjger, a process bearing a palpus (Fig. 26). 



pantherine, with markings like those of a panther. 



parasite, an animal which gro^vs and lives upon another. 



patellar, pertaining to the patella or knee-cap. 



pectus, the breast or under surface of the thorax. 



pellicle, a thin skin or film. 



pellucid, transparent ; translucent, but not necessarilly colorless. 



penis, the genitals of the male (Fig. 40). 



pentagonal, five-sided. 



percurrent, running through the entire length. 



piceous, piceus, pitchy; the color of pitch, 



pigment, coloring matter. 



pilose, having long, sparse hairs. 



pit, a pronounced cavity. 



plane, a level surface destitute of elevations or depressions. 



pleurite, lateral sclerites which connect the tergites to the sternites (Figs. 

 31,36). 



plicate, having parallel raised lines ; plaited or folded. 



plumbeous, pale blue-gray, like lead. 



podical plates, two plates (Figs. 38, 39). 



polygonal, many sided. 



post, a prefix meaning behind. 



posterior, behind in position. 



post-scutellum, (Figs. 28, 32), 



prescutum, anterior division of a thorax (Fig. 28). 



process, an outgrowth from the body of a sclerite. 



pronotum, the shield which covers the front part of the thorax (Fig. 28). 



prosternum, the under surface of the thorax (Fig. 30), 



prosternal spine, a spine projecting from the underside of the thorax (Figs. 



28, 29). 

 prothorax, the anterior division of the thorax to which the head is joined 



(Fig. 28). 

 proventriculus, gizzard (Fig. 41). 

 proximal, nearest ; opposite of distal. 



prozona, the anterior dorsal part of the pronotum (Fig. page 156). 

 pubescent, covered with soft, short, and not crowded hair, wool or down. 

 punctate, punctured ; containing numerous small, point-like depressions or 



punctures, 

 pupa, pupal, the second state of an insect after leaving the &g,g (Fig. 1, f.). 

 pul villi, pulvillus, the little pads between the claws (Fig. 35). 

 pyloric, relating to the opening from the stomach to the intestine (Fig. 41). 

 pyriform, pear-shaped. 



