688 



Index 



Pomace-flies, 349 

 Pompilidae, P o m p i 1 u s 

 (Trofiirr/, pompe, escort), 



499, SGI 

 Poneridae, Ponera ( trovTipof, 



ponerus, bad, useless), 



540 

 Pontia beckeri. 445 ; napi, 



445 ; occidentalis, 445 ; 



protodice, 445; venation 



of, *440 ; rapce, 445 ; si- 



symbri, 445 



Poplar carpenter-moth, 385 

 Porthetria dispar, 405 

 Potter-bees, 514 

 Potato-beetle, 278 

 Potter-wasps, 498 

 Potomanthus brunneus, 



section through head of 



male, *6g 



Praying-mantes, 126; an- 

 cient beliefs, 130 

 Praying-mantis, *I29, 130, 



131 ; egg-cases of, *i62, 



*i6 3 

 Predaceous diving-beetle, 



252 ; ground-beetle, 252 

 Prenplepis imparis, 547 ; 



underground nest of, 



*54<3 

 Prionidse, Prionus (vpiuv, 



prion, a saw), 283 

 Prionidus cristatus, 204 

 Prionoxystus robinia, 385, 



386 ; scales from wing 



of, *594 ; venation of, 



*38 

 Prionus calif ormcus, *2&2; 



imbricornis, 283 ; laticol- 



lis, 283 

 Pristophora grossularia, 



466 



Proboscis, *7, 8, *io 

 Proctotrypidae, Procto- 



trypes (jrpuKTo^, proctus, 



the anus ; rpvirav, trypan, 



to bore), 463, 477 

 Proctotrypoidea (see 



Proctotrypidae) 

 Prolimacodcs scapha, 384 

 Promethea -moth, 422, 



*424 ; development of 



color-pattern in pupal 



wings of, *597 

 Prominents, 369, 392 

 Pronotum, *3 

 Pronuba moth laying eggs 



in ovary of Yucca, *577 ; 



rubbing pollen down 

 stigmatic tube of Yucca, 

 * 57 8 



Pronuba yuccasella, as a 

 cross-pollinator of yuc- 

 cas, 576 



Prop-legs, 360 



Propolis, 530 



Prosopis p ub e s c e n s , 

 mouth-parts of, *5ii 



Prosternum, 136 



Protective resemblance, 

 599 ; of Phasmidae, 132 ; 

 of Trimerotropis, 147 



Prothorax, 7 



Pselaphidae, Pselaphus 

 (V^Aa^df, pselaphan, 

 feel or grope about), 

 265 



Pscudohasis eglanterina, 

 426 ; h e r a , 426 ; shas- 

 tansis, 426 



Pseudoperla, 73 



Psilopus ciliatus, venation 

 of wing of, *336 



Psinidia fenestralis, ^146 



Psithyridae, Psithyrus 

 (ipiBvpdc., psithyrus, 

 whisperer, warbler), 

 520 



Psithyrus, 519 



Psocidse, Psocus ty&X EI - v i 

 psochen, grind in 

 pieces), 112; key to 

 genera of, 112; venation 

 of wing of, 113 



Psocus, 113 



Psyche, 386 



Psyche carbonaria, 386 ; 

 confederate,, 386 ; glo- 

 veri, 386 



Psychidae, Psyche '(^VXT/, 

 psyche, a butterfly) , 

 369, 386 



Psychoda sp., mouth-parts 

 of, *320 



Psychodidae, Psychoda 

 ( '/'f Xn, psyche, butter- 

 fly; et(5of, edus, form), 



304, 319 



Psychology of insects, 32 

 Psychomorpha cpimcnis, 



409 

 Psyllidae, Psylla ( r^vUn, 



psylla, a flea), 166, 171 

 Psyllomyia tcstacea, *$$3 

 Pteronarcys, 73 

 Pterophoridac, Pteropho- 



rus (Trrep6v, p t erum , 



feathers ; Qepeiv, phcrcn, 



bear), 368, 376 



Pteroptrix fiavimedia, *479 



Pterostichus, 255 ; storiola, 



*254 

 Ptinidae, Ptinus {jMvo, 



phthino, decay, destroy), 



265, 271 

 Ptynx, 233 

 Pulex avium, 353; irritans, 



*354, 356 

 Pulicida3, Pulex (pulcx, 



a flea), 355, 356 

 Pulvilliform, 332 

 Pulvillus, 102 

 Pulvinaria innumcrabilis, 



*i88 



Punkie, female, mouth- 

 parts of, *3ii 

 Punkies, 310 

 Pupa, 45 

 Pupipara (pupus, a child; 



par ere, bring forth), 303, 



35i 



Puss-moth, larva of, *6o7 



Puss-moths, 392, 394 



Pyralid moth, venation of 

 wing of, *376 



Pyralidina, Pyralis {^>p, 

 pyr, fire), 368, 374, 376 



Pyralis farinaiis, 378 ; ve- 

 nation of wing of, *376 



Pyromorpha dimidiata, 

 388; venation of, *3&9 



P>romorphid, venation of 

 a, *389 



Pyromorphidaa (prob. nrp, 

 pyr, fire ; ftopfif/, morphe, 

 form), 369, 386 



Pyrrharctia isabella, 412 



Pyrrhocoridae, Pyrrhocoris 

 (nvppdz, pyr r us, red- 

 dish ; xdpic, coris, a bug), 

 195, 207, 210 



Radius (sec venation) 

 Ranatra fusca, *2Oi ; eggs 



of. *20i 

 Raphidia sp., stages of, 



*233 



Raphidiidae, Raphidia 

 (patyif, rapliis, a needle), 

 224 



Raspberry geometer, 398; 

 plume-moth, *3/7; root- 

 borer, 391 



Rat-fleas, 357 



