pseudoprostyle 
than tin- width of its intercolumniation. 
Hos- 
. 
pseudopsia (su-dop'si-ji). . [NL., < Gr. 
falM', + v".' sight.] False sight-perception. 
pseudopupa (su-do-pii'pii), . ; pi. pMtaopypm 
(-pe). [NL., < Gr. Y^ww. false, + NL. ///<. 
q. v.] A false pupa : applied to the fifth stage, 
or coarctate pupa, of those insects which un- 
dergo hypermetamorphosis. Also called semi- 
l>iil><i. "See cixirctate, and cut under SUafto. 
pseudopupal (su-do-pu'pal), a. [< pseudopupa 
+ -/.] Pertaining to a pseudopupa, or having 
its characters. 
[NL. (Men-era, 1820) 
4818 
on.] An order of trache- 
ate arachnidans,with seg- 
mented abdomen not dis- 
tinctly separated from 
the cephalothorax, didac- 
tyl or chelate maxillary 
palps, two or four eyes, 
and no postabdomen nor 
poison-glands; the false 
scorpions, of the families 
Clieliferidie and Obisiida. 
Also called Cheliferidea. 
Also Pseudogcorpiontna, 
and as a family Pseudo- 
scorpionidx. 
(su-do- 
Pseudoscorpion (CHtliftr 
ef>itit<m\ (Hair-line shows 
natural size. } 
Pseudopus(su'do-pus),n . 
< Gr. t/*v*7C, false, + irof* (rod-) = E. foot.} A 
genus of lizards of the family Zonuridfe, having pseudoseptate (su-do- 
rudimentary hind limbs and traces of shoulder- sep'tat), a. 1. In hot., 
girdles. /'. pallasi is an example. having the appearance of being septate, as 
pseudoramose (su-do-ra'mos), . [< Gr. V*"%, many spores. 2. In goal., having pseudosepta, 
false,+ L. ramus, a branch: see ramus, ramose.] as corals. 
In bot., forming false branches. See pseudora- pseudoseptum (su-do-sep turn), w. ; pi. pseudo- 
mu lus septa (-tii). In corals, a false septum; a sep- 
Dseudoramulus (su-do-ram'u-lus), n. ; pi. pseu- turn not homologous with the regular gepta of 
r/</r/i (-li). [NL,.,' < Qr.9n%, false, + L. corals that is, not identified as a calcified 
mesentery. Thus, in Heliopora, with eight 
mesenteries only, there are twelve pseudo- 
ramulus, dim. of ramus, a branch.] In hot., a 
false branch : applied to the filaments of the 
Rirulariacex and other algffi, in which the ter- 
septa. 
[NL., < Or. 
minal part of the filament detaches itself and pseudosiphon (su-do-si'fon), n. [NL., 
applies itself laterally to an enlarged part of V<!K, false, + oufiuv, siphon: see siphoit.] A 
the filament called the heterocyst. 
SeeAetero- false siphon; the vertical trace in the exter- 
f nal solid plug of the truncated shell of certain 
pseudo-ray (su'do-ra), n. A straight line or ray cephalopod8,asorthoceratite8,continuougwith 
in non-Euclidean geometry. the true siphon. A . Hyatt, Free. Bost. Soc. Nat. 
Pseudorca (su-dor'ka), , [NL., < Gr. t/%, Hist ;' x , x i L 25 . 8 ; - T , * 
false, + L. orca, a kind of whale: see Oraii.] pseudosiphonal (su-do-si fo-nal), a. [<.pse*ao- 
Pseudotrimera 
which some tracheate acarines, as the Oriba- 
ii/ln 1 or beetle-mites, are provided, in these mltc* 
the pseudostlgmata are conspicuous, dorsal, tubular, and 
each ha* a Blament projecting from the Interior of the 
tube. 
pseudostoma (su-dos'to-mft), .; pi. pseudosto- 
mata (su-do-stb'ma-tii). ' [NL. : see pseudo- 
gtome.J 1 . In an/if.)' a supposed opening on the 
surface of a serous membrane, regarded as the 
mouth of one of the absorbents or lymphatic 
vessels which begin in such membranes. 2. 
In zool.: (a) Same as pgeudogUme, 2. (frf) [cap.} 
The name-giving genus of Pseudostomiilie : 
synonymous with Geomys. Thomax Say, 1823. 
Also called Diplostoma, Naccophoriw, and A- 
comys. 
pseudostomatoUS (su-do-stom'a-tus), n. [< 
i>sei<dostoma(t-) + -otig.'] ' Provided with pseu- 
dostomata, as a serous surface ; of or pertain- 
ing to a pseudostoma. 
pseudostome (su'do-stom), H. [< NL. psrudos- 
tonia (cf . Gr. ^fv66arofta, the false or blind mouth 
of a river), < Gr. fytvMK, false, + or6/ia, mouth.] 
1 . The mouth or oral orifice of the pseudembryo 
or echinopaedium of an echinoderm; a pseu- 
dostoma: correlated with pnendoproct. 2. The 
false osculum or secondary opening replacing 
an original oscule of a sponge. Also called 
pneudoproet. 
Secondary canals or cavities, which may be incurrent 
(vestibular) or excurrent (cloacal), the opening of the lat- 
ter to the exterior being termed a false oscule or ptrudo- 
rtonw. W. J. SoUat, Encyc. Brit., XXII. 416. 
3. A pouched rat, or pocket-gopher, of North 
America, as Geomys burgarius. See Pneudos- 
.2(6). 
v..^..^.. u v ~ vw ~...- . . o **- l /j " L N *- 
found iivlng7related to > Oral, but having only "yie%, false, + E. ripftttcI0.] A pseudosiphon. 
about 40 teeth and 50 vertebra;, the cervicals A. Hyatt. 
mostly ankylosed, the lumbars half as long pseudosmia (su-dos mi-ft), n. [NL., < 
again as they are broad. The animal is black, <%, false, + bo/iy, odor.] False smell- 
< Gr. 
percep- 
and attains a length of 14 feet. tion. 
Pseudoscines (Ku-dos'i-nez), n.pl. [NL., < Gr. Pseudosolaneae 
tyevAiK, false, + L. oncen (ottcin-), a singing bird: 
see OsciiifS.] In onritli., in Sclater's arrange- 
ment of 1880, a suborder of Pasucre.i, including 
the Acromyodi abnormales of Garrodand Forbes, 
or the genera Afcnura and Atriehia of Australia, 
as together distinguished from Oncines, or nor- 
mal acromyodian Passeres. 
pseudoscinine (su-dos'i-nin), a. Anomalously 
oMcinine, as the lyre-birds and scrub-birds of 
Australia; belonging to the Pxeudoscineg. 
pseudosclerosis (su'do-skle-ro'sis), n. A case 
cheek-pouches, named from the genus Pseudns- 
toma; the pocket-rats and pocket-mice, now 
dissociated in the two families Geomyidm and 
Saeeomi/idee; the pseudostomes. 
pseudostomine (su-do-sto'min). n. [< pxetulo- 
^Q'do-so-la'ne-e), n.pl. [NL. S .,, )/HC + _, nc i.] Having externalcheek-powhes, 
(Bentham and Hooker, 1876), < Gr. t/'n'o'/f, false, as a pocket-rat or pocket-mouse ; saccomyine. 
-I- NL. Solanex.] A series or suborder of gamo- B seud08tomosis (su'do-sto-mo'sis), . [NL., < 
petalous plants of the order Scroplitilannea, * VKen d<>gtomc + ...,.] ' Tlie formation or exis- 
having some relationship with the order Sota- 
uaceee, and characterized by alternate leaves. 
unif onnly centripetal inflorescence, a five-lobed 
corolla with the tw< 
four, sometimes five 
9 genera and 3 tribes, of 
len tribe, is the chief. They are herbs or shrubs, the 
flowers with a broad corolla-tube bearing rather flat and 
Dreading lobes. 
tence of a pseudostome, or false oscule, as that 
of a sponge. W. J. Solla.?, Encyc. Brit., XXII. 
416 
two upper lobes exterior, and p8e u,i 08 tomotic (su'do-sto-mot'ik), a. [< pxen- 
ive, perfect stamens. It includes aos tmo<sin (-<>-) + -i'o.1 Characterized by or ex- 
,, of which the r*<i**,ortheniul- IWH , 1( , ^ t ,A nf ,t nm c,*\H : nrovided with Dseu- 
hibitiug pseudostomosis ; provided with pseu- 
dostomes or false oscules, as a sponge, 
pseudostomous (su-dos'to-mus), a. [< pseudo- 
Htome + -ous.] Having pseudostomes, as a 
sponge ; of or pertaining to pseudostomes. 
pseudOSCOpe (su'do-skop), . [< Gr. 4>ev6rK, 
false, + oimxeiv, view.] A kind of stereoscope 
that makes concave parts appear convex, and OTO ,,,. 
convex parts concave. Wheatstone's pseudoscope carp so closely invests the seed that the whole pgeudosymmetry (su-do-sim'e-tri), n. In crys- 
produces these effects by the use o_f two fllnuglassrecun- appears as merely a seed for example, an ^j/., false symmetry; the appearance of having 
ot; An ;., m a n jg ner degree of symmetry than is actually 
the case, usually produced through twinning. 
See ticin. 
Pseudotetramera (su'do-te-tram'e-ra), . pi. 
, . . -, . 
resembling clinically multiple sclerosis, but pseudospermic (su-do-sper'mik), a. [<pseiido- 
not presenting the characteristic lesions post g/ierm-ium + -ic.] In bot., forming or pertain- 
ing to a pseudospennium. 
pseudospermium (su-do-sper'mi-um), H. [NL., 
< Gr. i/'"', false, + ampfta, seed.] In&of.,any 
one-seeded indehiscent fruit in which the pen- 
pseudostroma (su-do-stro'mii), . 
false stroma; a cellular body resembling a 
stroma, as that produced in certain lichens. 
See stroma. 
acnenium. 
with reference to the cye'onh7"bs^eV,'at'th'e = an > gl 1 e''of pSeudoSpennOUS (su-do-sper'mus), a. [As 
total reflection. pxeudosperm-ic + -OK*.] Same as pseuaosper- 
Hence, too, the obstinacy with which human face* and mi/: 
forms, arid other extremely familiar convex object*, refuse pseudosphere (su'do-sfer), . 1. A surface of ~rNLTWestwood,1839): seepseudoietrameroii*.'] 
u, appear hollow when viewed "'"'" ^ ''^''j '^^- constant negative curvature. 2. A sphere in [ n Westwood's system of classification, one of 
non-Euclidean geometry. 
pseudoscopic(su-do-skop'ik),a. [< pse udoscope pseuf i os phe r ical (su-do-sfer'i-kal), a. Having 
+ -ic.] ^Pertaining to the_p8eudo8cop,j>r to_the "J constant negative curvature. " 
class of optical phenomena which it presents, 
in which false impressions of visual objects are 
conveyed to the mind. 
By pttudoKopic vision we mean that "conversion of 
relief which Is produced by the combination of two re- 
versed perspective projections. 
II'. /(. Carpenter, Micros., | 31. 
Were space really pteviAotphmcal, then stars would ex- 
hibit a real parallax even if they were infinitely distant 
Encyc. Brit.. XV. 864. 
Pseudoapherical surface, a surface like that generated 
by the rotation on Its axis of the curve 
, *_ i__ r 
x 
The second (group of illusions! relates to the instability 
of onr Judgment* of relative distance and sice by the eye, Pseudospora (su-dos po-rft), n. [ 
and Includes especially wht are known as ptrudvtcapie jfo false, + ffTopoj-, seed.] A g( 
Illusions. '. Jama, Mind, XII. 624. 
pseudoscopically (sii-do-skop'i-kal-i), adv. In 
' 
[NL.,<Gr. 
genus of myxo- 
_ .. lystem > . 
the four prime divisions of Coleoptera, including 
those beetles in which the tarsi are five-jointed, 
but the fourth joint is minute and concealed be- 
t ween the lobes of the preceding, it is equivalent 
to the Cryptoprnlamera of Biirmelstrr and the Subprnla- 
mera of Latreille. It includes the large and impoiUnt 
groups Rhyndmphora, Longicornia, and Phytophaya. 
pseudotetramerous (su'do-te-tram'e-ms), a. 
[< Gr. $ev6r/c, false, + rfrrapef (rerpa-), four, + 
fiifiof, part.] Having apparently four-jointed 
but actually five-jointed tarsi, as a beetle ; of or 
pertaining to the Pseiidotetramera. 
Gr. 
a pseudoscopic manner'; as in a pseudoscope. _______ 
When mounted pietutotcoficaUy, at first lt[aphotojrraphl pseudospore (su 'do-spor), w. [< Gr. 
Is very unsatisfactory. Jour. FranUin IntL, CXXIII. 4-ffl. fglge, + <nr6pof, seed.] In myrol., same as 
pseudOBCOpy (su'do-sko-pi), n. [< pfml<MC<im: Mi /./,.,;.. 
+ ->i.] The use of the pseudoscope, or the Pseudosporeae (su-do-spo re-e), . 
of effects similar to those exhib- (Zopf), < Pseiidosjiora + -en-.] t. 
till. , KllOT, I v>*"}, OVJ-**,J R^ * ^^ J , if f - J- A" /- M\ t/ n*. I Air 
mycetous fungi, typical of the family Psedo- pseudotinea (sn-do-tin e-ft), ... [< Gr. <%, 
sporex, with plasraodium wanting, or at least fatae, + ^. fti, a won,,.] The larva of oer- 
unknown tain pyral'd moths, as the bee-moth, (,<il<~ria 
)seudosDore (su'do-spor), . [< Gr. V*wJfr, cereana, which feeds on wax, and is a terrible 
FNL. 
prodiii'tidii 
ited by it. 
pseudoscorpion (su-do-sk6r^pi-on), n 
iineudoseorpio(n-), < Gr. y>ftx5i' 
L. ttriii'i>;/i(n-), a scorpion.] 
cereaiia, which feeds on wax, and is a terrible 
enemy to bees. They sometime* infold the bees In 
their w't-lw to sui-h an extent as to destroy the community. 
See Galrria, and cut under bee miith. 
Pseudotrimera (n-do-trim'e-r), n. pi. [NL. 
(Westwood, 1839): see pgeudotriwrroux.] In 
Westwood's system of classification, one of (tie 
four prime divisions of Ci>lrt>i>t<-rti, ineliiding 
)},-< beetles iii which the tarsi nre four-joint- 
ed, the third joint being very diminutive mid 
emicealed between the lol>es of the (ireceding. 
,,. . -. ,, ... ,.v- ItlseqniTalenttothern/;)<n/(rntn<Tnof Hnrmelstrrand to 
P8endoSCOrpione8(su'd6-sk6r-pi'6-ll6/.), H. pi. pSeudOStlgma (su-do-stlg'mft), .; pi. l>*eitt,- t he.9W^r n m<ro,,nd7-n.,,rr,,.,f Utreille. Itinc 1 "' 
[M..,pl.(.l^.-fH(/ocorpo(H-): see;w-urfoc/7-i- *ti</m<it<i (-mti-tS). A kind of false stigma with three families KntyM*. EnavmvcM*. " 
[<NL. 
. , . 
a memDer of the Ptteiidoiicorpionef or C'heliferi- 
iltF. S<-i- nit in next column. 
myxomycetous fungi of the class Monadinese, 
typified bv the genus Pseudospora. 
:, false, + op7r''of, pseudostella (su-d^-stel'S), n. [NL., < Gr. 
A false scorpion; Vw%, false, + L. xtfllii, star.] A meteor or 
phenomenon of any kind resembling a star in 
the heavens. 
