GLOSSARY. 



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Process. Series of motions or changes 

 in growth, decay, &c. in physical bod- 

 ies ; as, ti^process of decomposition. 

 It is also used to denote any natural 

 appendage or adnascent part of an 

 animal for which there is no definite 

 name. 



Procreate. To engender and produce. 



Procreative. Having the power to beget. 



Producted. Disproportionately long. 



Progeny. Descendants of the human 

 kind, or of animals in general. 



Projectile. A body impelled forward by 

 force. 



Prolapse. To fall down or out. 



Prolegs. The wart-like tubercles which 

 represent legs on the hinder segment 

 of caterpillars. 



Prone. When an object lies upon its 

 belly. 



Pronotum. The upper surface of the 

 prothorax. 



Propedes. The forelegs of insects. 



Propodeon. The fifth segment in insects. 



Prosternum. The under surface of the 

 prothorax. 



Prostrate. Lying with the body extend- 

 ed on the ground or other surface. 



Protelum. The eleventh segment in in- 



Prothorax. The first of the three seg- 

 ments which constitute the thorax in 

 insects. 



Protruded. Thrust forward or out. 



Protuberance. Any thing swelled or 

 pushed beyond the surrounding sur- 

 face ; as, a swelling or protuberance on 

 any part of the body. 



Pruinose. When the splendor of the sur- 

 face is somewhat obscured by the ap- 

 pearance of a bloom upon it, like that 

 of a plum, but which cannot be de- 

 tached. 



Pruriginous. Having tendency to itch. 



Pseudo-morphous. Not having the true 

 form. 



Psychical. Relating to the phenomena 

 of the soul, and to analogous phenom 

 ena in the lower animals. 



Pteropodous. Pertaining to the Pteropo- 

 da, an order of the class Mollusca 

 whose organs of locomotion consist ol 

 a pair of wing-shaped fins. 



Puberty. The age at which animals are 



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capable of procreating and bearing 

 young. 



Pubescent.. Covered with very fine de- 

 cumbent short hairs. 



Pulmograde. The tribe of Medusae which 

 swim by contractions of the pulmonary 

 disc. 



Pulmonary. Pertaining to the lungs; 

 affecting the lungs. 



Pidmonata. The order of Gasteropoda 

 that breathe by lungs. 



Pulverous ; Pulverulent. Consisting of 

 dust or powder. 



PulvUli. The soft cushions on the under 

 surface of the joints of the tarsus in 

 some insects. 



Pulvinate. When, in consequence of the 

 prothorax being depressed in one place, 

 it seems to puff out in another. 



Pulvinuli. A soft ball which some in- 

 sects have at the end of the tarsi. 



Punctate ; Punctated. Full of small 

 holes, or beset with many points. 



Puncto-striated. When the longitudinal 

 impressed lines are punctured. 



Punctulated. When the surface has the 

 appearance of having been thickly 

 punctured with a pointed instrument, 

 but which has only made impressions 

 on it. 



Punctured. Pierced with -a sharp point. 



Pupa. An insect in the second stage of 

 its metamorphosis. It is synonymous 

 with aurelia or chrysalis, words for- 

 merly in more general use than they 

 are at present. 



Pupil. A little aperture in the middle 

 of the iris and urea of the eye, through 

 which the rays of light pass to the 

 crystalline humor, to be painted on the 

 retina. The central spot on the ocellus 

 in the wings of many Lepidoptera. 

 It is called a hastate pupil when the 

 pupil is a halberd -shaped spot, and a 

 suffulated pupil when the pupil shades 

 into another color. 



Pupiparous. Pertaining to insects which 

 bring forth their young in the pupa 

 state. 



Pupivorous. Feeding on the larvae and 

 chrysalids of insects. 



Purple. A color composed of red and 

 blue blended. 



Purpurescent. Inclining to a purple color. 



