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EXPLANATORY INDEX. 



Pill-boxes, recommended for 

 bringing home living insects, 95 



Pilosse, (antennae) when completely 

 covered with a soft down, 157 



Pins, to be purchased at Durn- 

 ford's in Gracechurch Street, 

 or Hale's in the Dover Road, 

 92 



Plaga, a long coloured spot, 175 



Plant-bugs, Cimicites, an order of 

 Hemiptera, 266 



Plant-lice, Aphites, an order of 

 Hemiptera, 268 



Pleura, the lateral surfaces of the 

 segments of insects, 146 



Plume-moths, Alucitites, an order 

 of Lepidoptera, 215 



Plumose, (antenna?) when fur- 

 nished with long, downy hairs, 

 giving them the appearance of a 

 feather, 157; figured, 157, 13 



Podeon, the sixth segment in in- 

 sects, in many tribes slender and 

 thread-like, 145 ; figured, 1 37, K 



Pompilites, an order of Hyme- 

 uoptera, 232 



Postscutellum, the fourth section 

 of the upper surface of each 

 segment in insects, 147 



Poststeraellum, the fourth section 

 of the lower surface of each seg- 

 ment in insects, 150 



Prasinus, the colour of the leaves 

 of leeks, 174 



Prsescutum, the first section of the 

 upper surface of each segment 

 in insects, 147 



Prsesternum, the name of the plate 

 nearest the head in the lower 

 surface of each segment in in- 

 sects when it is divided into four 

 plates, 150 



Privet-moth, Sphinx, a genus of 

 Sphingites, figured, la. 82, pu. 

 196 



Proalae, the fore wings of insects, 

 142 ; figured, 133, e 



Proctotmpites, an order of Hyme- 

 noptera, 237 



Prominents, Notodontites, an or- 

 der of Lepidoptera, 213 ; pro- 

 minent moth, figured, 213 



Pronotum, the upper surface of 

 the pro thorax, 146 



Propedes, the fore legs of insects, 

 142 ; figured, 133, a 



Propleura, the two lateral surfaces 

 of the prothorax, 146 



Propodeon, the fifth segment in 

 insects, 143 ; figured, 137, I 



Prosternura, under surface of the 

 prothorax, 146 ; figured, 133, D 



Protelum, the eleventh segment in 

 insects, 145 ; figured, 137, U 



Prothorax, the second segment of 

 insects, 141 ; figured, 137, C 



Pruinosus, a somewhat bluish 

 grey colour, 174 



Pselaphites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 257 



Pseudopsis, a genus of Staphyli- 

 nites, figured, 256 



Psychodites, order of Diptera, 219 



Ptinites, order of Coleoptera, 248 



Pulicites, an aberrant order of in- 

 sects, 272 



Pulvilli, the soft cushions on the 

 under surface of the joints of 

 the tarsus in some insects, 170 



Pulvinulus, a soft ball at the end 

 of the tarsi, 171 



Puniceus, red inclining to orange, 

 174 



Puncto-striatus, when the longitu- 

 dinal impressed lines are punc- 

 tured, 176 



Punctus, when the surface has the 

 appearance of having been 

 thickly punctured by the point 

 of a pin, the pin not passing 

 through, but simply making an 

 impression, 176 



Pupa is the quiescent state which 

 some insects assume when full 

 fed, prior to their undergoing 

 the final change, 2 



Pustulosus, when covered with 

 pustules, resembling those oc- 

 casioned by the small pox, 176 



Pyralites, order of Lepidoptera,214 



Pyrochroites, an order of Coleop- 

 tera, 248 



Quadrifida, (ligula) has four dis- 

 tinct terminations, it generally 

 appears trilobed, with the cen- 

 tral lobe deeply cleft, 161 ; fi- 

 gured, 159, u 4 



