GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 
369 
Osmia, natural history of, 296. 
-pai’asites of, 302. 
-scientific description of, 294. 
Ovate, oval, but with the ends cir¬ 
cumscribed by unequal segments 
of circles. 
Ovipositor = egg-depositor, 17. 
Pain, doubtful susceptibility of, 57. 
Palmae, 41. 
Palmated, spread like a hand. 
Palpi, their probable use, 55. 
Panurgus, general observations on, 
229. 
-geography of, 69. 
-infested by Nomada Fabri- 
ciana, 230. 
-list of native species, 228. 
-natural history of, 229. 
-scientific description of, 227. 
Paraglossae, 33. 
-obsolete in the artisan bees, 
33. 
-where attached, 33. 
Parasites, different kinds of, 110. 
-of bees, 109. 
Parasitical bees always the most 
highly coloured, 66, 105. 
-unlike the sitos, 116. 
-- Cenobites, 302. 
Passions of bees, 56. 
Pecten or comb, a fringe of very 
short stiff hair attached to an 
organ, for various purposes. 
Pectinated, having an edge like a 
comb. 
Pediculus Melittse, 209. 
Petiole, a foot-stalk. 
Pharynx, 29, 30. 
Pile, long loose hair. 
Pilose, with long, distinct, flexible 
hair. 
Plantse, 42, 46. 
-structure of, in hive-bee, 46. 
Plants agreeable to bees, 15. 
-impregnated by bees, 11. 
Pleasures attending the pursuit of 
natural history, 14. 
Plumose, with long hair, but not 
thick. 
Pollen, collection of, 351. 
Pollen, mode of collecting and 
transferring from limb to limb, 
43. 
-probable reasons for the ways 
of carrying, 47. 
- quantity usually collected, 
360. 
Polliniferous, = pollen-collecting. 
Posterior legs, their structure for 
the conveyance of pollen, 46. 
-where attached, 46. 
Post-scutellum, 26, 45. 
Priority, law of, the basis of syno¬ 
nymy, 131. 
Proboscis, 39. 
Process, a protuberance. 
Processes in bees, peculiarities of, 
258. 
Propolis, nature of, 340. 
Prosopis emits an agreeable 
odour, 195. 
-general observations upon, 
193. 
-geography of, 65. 
-list of native species, 192. 
-presumed parasitism of, 193. 
-scientific description of, 191. 
- supposed liable to Stylops, 
195. 
Prothorax, 26, 41. 
Pubescent, covered with short fine 
hair. 
Pubescent, hirsute, setose, pilose, 
plumose, various relative con¬ 
ditions of hairiness. 
Pul villus, 42. 
Punctate, impressed with many 
points. 
Punctulate, with fine impressed 
points. 
Punctured, with coarsely im¬ 
pressed points. 
Pupa of bees, 22. 
Queen-bee, administrative func¬ 
tion of, 336. 
- and worker constitute a 
unity, 331. 
-description of, 322. 
etiquette of attendants, 
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