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Index 
Oncopeltus fasciatus, 211 
Oncophorus, 118 
Onion-fly, 345 
Onion-thrips, 221 
Onychophora, 3 
Ophion purgatum, *482 
Opsiccetus personatus, 203 
Orange-puppy, 450 
Orange-scale, 188, *189, 
*190 
Orange-sulphur, 446 
Orange-tips, 446 
Orchelimum vulgare, *153, 
*154 
Orders, key to, 52 
Orl-fly, smoky, immature 
stages of, *225 
Orneodes hexadactyla, 377 
Orneodidae, Orneodes 
(opveov, orneum, bird; 
eldog, eidos, form), 368 
Orphnephilidae ( p r o b . 
’'opcpvrj, orphne, darkness; 
(piXog, philus, loving), 327 
Orphnephila testacea, 327 
Orphula pelidina, *141 
Orthoptera ( opQog , orthus, 
straight; 1rrepoy, pterum , 
wing), 5, 123; key to 
families of, 126; sound¬ 
making by, 123, 134, 150, 
*151, 152, 155, *157, 159 
Orthosoma brunnea, 283; 
development of color- 
pattern in, *598 
Orchids, specialization of, 
for insect pollination, 
575 
Oscinidae, Oscinis (La- 
treille, — etym. uncer¬ 
tain), 350 
Osmia, 514 
Otiorhynchidae, Otiorhyn- 
chus (urlov, otium, little 
ear; pvyxos, r y g ch u s, 
snout), 294, 295 
Otiorhynchus ovatus, 295 
Ovarial tubes of Aptera, 
*59 
Ovaries and oviducts of 
thrips, *36; of queen bee, 
*521 
Ovipositor, *3, 7; of a gall¬ 
fly, *468 
Owl-butterfly, *612 
Owlet-moths, 370 
Ox-louse, long-nosed, 217; 
short-nosed, 217, *218 
Oxybelus quadri-notatus, 
nest-burrow of, *491 
Oxyptilus periscelidacty- 
lus, 377; tenuidactylus, 
*377 
Pachycondyla harpax, 540, 
*553 
Painted beauty, 454 
Paleacrita vernata, 3^7 
Pale-green locust, *140 
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, 
*236 
Panorpodes, 236 
Paonias excoecatus, *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 
Papilionidse, Papilio ( pa¬ 
pilio, a butterfly), 447 
Papilionina (see Papilion- 
idae) 
Papiriidae (prob. Tranypog, 
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, *480; 
numbers of, 480; of 
aphids, *173; 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, *148 
Parnassian butterfly, *439 
Parnassians, 447 
Parnassius clodius, 44 7; 
smintheus, 447, *439 
Parnidse, Parnus (Fabri- 
cius, 1792,—etym. doubt¬ 
ful), larva of, *264 
Parorgyia parallela, 405 
Parthenogenesis, 221; 
among aphids, 173, 175 
Passalus cornutus, 273 
Pastinaca sativa, visited 
by insects, 569, 571 
Patagia, 408 
Patterns of insects, advan¬ 
tages of, 584 
Peach-tree borer, 389; lar¬ 
va of, *391; cocoons and 
empty pupal skins of, 
*391; moths of, *390; 
eggs of, *390 
Peacock butterfly, 455 
Pear-tree flea-louse, 171; 
slug, 466 
Pea-weevil, 277, *281 
Pectinate, *250 
Pediculidae, Pediculus 
( pediculus, a louse), 
216 
Pediculus capitus, *216; 
inguinalis, *217; vesti- 
menti, *216 
Peduncle, 101, 534 
Pegomyia vicina, 345 
Pelecinidae, P e 1 e c i n u s 
( 7 r eIeklvoq, pelecinus, a 
pelican), 463, 484 
Pelecinus p olyturator, 
*485 
Pelidnota punctata, 275 
Pellucid locust, 133, *145 
Pelocaris femorata, 199 
Pelopoeus, 499 
Pemphigus tessellata, 180 
Pemphredonidae, Pemphre- 
don (Tte/uppeduv, pemphre- 
don, a kind of wasp), 
502 
