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Index 



Oncopeltus fasciatus, 21 1 



Oncophorus, 118 



Onion-fly, 345 



Onion-thrips, 221 



Onychophora, 3 



Ophion purgatum, *482 



Opsicoetus personatus, 203 



Orange-puppy, 450 



Orange-scale, 188, *i89, 

 *igo 



Orange-sulphur, 446 



Orange-tips, 446 



Orchelimum vulgare, *I53, 

 *I54 



Orders, key to, 52 



Orl-fly, smoky, immature 

 stages of, *225 



Orneodes hexadactyla, 377 



Orneodidae, Orneodes 

 (opveov, orneum, bird; 

 eliJof, eidos, form), 368 



Orphnephilidae ( p r o b . 

 "opipvTt, orphne, darkness ; 

 $/Aof, philus, loving), 327 



Orphnephila testacea, 327 



Orphula pelidina, *I4I 



Orthoptera (opQ6f, or thus, 

 straight ; nrepov, pterum, 

 wing), 5, 123; key to 

 families of, 126; sound- 

 making by, 123, 134, 150, 

 *i5i, 152, 155, *iS7, 159 



Orthosoma brunnea, 283 ; 

 development of color- 

 pattern in, *5g8 



Orchids, specialization of, 

 for insect pollination, 

 575 



Oscinidae, Oscinis (La- 

 treille, etym. uncer- 

 tain), 350 



Osmia, 514 



Otiorhynchidse, Otiorhyn- 

 chus (uriov, otium, little 

 ear ; fivyxos, rygchus, 

 snout), 294, 295 



Otiorhynchus ovatus, 295 



Ovarial tubes of Aptera, 



*59 



Ovaries and oviducts of 

 thrips, *36 ; of queen bee, 



*52I 



Ovipositor, *3, 7 ; of a gall- 

 fly, *468 



Owl-butterfly, *6i2 



Owlet-moths, 370 



Ox-louse, long-nosed, 217; 

 short-nosed, 217, *2i8 



Oxybelus quadri-notatus, 

 nest-burrow of, *49i 



Oxyptilus periscelidacty- 

 lus, 377 ; tenuidactylus, 

 *377 



Pachycondyla harpax, 540, 



*553 



Painted beauty, 454 

 Paleacrita vernata, 397 

 Pale-green locust, *i40 

 Palmer-worm, larva of, 



*373 ; moth, *374 

 Palpi (jointed processes 



attached to mouth-parts 



or terminal segments of 



abdomen) 

 Palpus, nerve-endings in 



tip of, *26 

 Pamphilas, 443 

 Pamera longula, 211 

 Panorpa, 236 ; rufescens, 



*2 3 6 



Panorpodes, 236 



Paonias excoccatus, *435 ; 

 myops, *435 



Papilio, 448 



Papilio cresphontes, 449 ; 

 daunus, 449 ; Euryme- 

 don, 449 ; glaucus, 449 ; 

 polyxenes, 450 ; venation 

 of, *440, rutulus, *447, 

 449; sp., chrysalid of, 

 *448; troilus, 450; tur- 

 nus, 449 



Papilionid, venation of, 

 *440 



Papilionidae, Papilio (pa- 

 pilio, a butterfly), 447 



Papilionina (see Papilion- 

 idse) 



Papiriidse (prob. naTrvpoe, 

 papyrus, paper, reed), 



63 ' 



Papirius maculosus, *63 



Parandra brunnea, 285 



Parasa chloris. 384 



P a r a s i t a (parasitus, a 

 parasite), 165, 216 



Parasite, chalcid, -*479 ; 

 ichneumon, of army- 

 worms, *482 ; ichneu- 

 mon, of the pigeon-tre- 

 mex, *484 



Parasites, importation of, 

 486; Hymenopterous, of 

 a social wasp, *48o ; 

 numbers of, 480; of 



aphids, *I73; of caterpil- 

 lars, *476, *477 



Parasitic fungus of Cali- 

 fornia flower-beetle, *346 



Parasitic Hymenoptera, 

 476 



Parasitism, characteristics 

 of, 478 ; of caterpillar, 

 *476, *477 



Paratettix cucullatus, *I48 



Parnassian butterfly, *439 



Parnassians, 447 



Parnassius clodius, 447 ; 

 smintheus, 447, *439 



Parnidae, Parnus (Fabri- 

 cius, 1792, etym. doubt- 

 ful), larva of, *2O4 



Parorgyia parallela, 405 



Parthenogenesis, 221; 

 among aphids, 173, 175 



Passalus cornutus, 273 



Pastinaca saliva, 569, 571 



Patagia, 408 



Patterns of insects, 584 



Peach-tree borer, 389; lar- 

 va of, *3Qi ; cocoons of, 

 *39i; moths of, *39o; 

 eggs of, *3Qo 



Peacock butterfly, 455 



Pear-tree flea-louse, 171; 

 slug, 466 



Pea-weevil, 277, *28i 



Peckham, G. W. and E.G., 

 on instinctive and intel- 

 ligent behavior, 643, 650 



Pectinate, *25O 



Pediculidae, Pediculus 

 (pediculus, a louse), 

 216 



Pediculus capitus, *2i6 ; 

 inguinalis, *2ij; vesti- 

 menti, *2i6 



Peduncle, ipi, 534 



Pegomyia vicina, 345 



Pelecinidae, P e 1 e c i n u s 

 (Tre^ewvof, pclccinus, a 

 pelican), 463, 484 



Pclecinus polyturator, 



*45 



Pelidnota punctata, 275 

 Pellucid locust, 133, *I45 

 Pelocaris femorata, 199 

 Pelopoeus, 499 

 Pemphigus tessellata, 180 

 Pemphredonidas, Pemphre- 



don (Kefi<t>pefiuv. pemphre- 



don, a kind of wasp), 



502 



