668 
Index 
Pomace-flies, 349 
Pompilidse, P o m p i 1 u s 
{TvofiTcy, pompe, escort), 
499 ) 50 i 
Poneridse, Ponera (7r ovr/pog, 
ponerus, bad, useless), 
540 
Pontia beckeri, 445; napi, 
445; occidentalis, 445; 
proto dice, 445 ; venation 
of, *440; rapce, 445; si- 
symbri, 445 
Poplar carpenter-moth, 385 
Potter-bees, 514 
Potato-beetle, 278 
Potter-wasps, 498 
Potomanthus brunneus, 
section through head of 
male, *69 
Praying-mantes, 126; an¬ 
cient beliefs concerning, 
130 
Praying-mantis, *129, 130, 
131; egg-cases of, *162, 
*163 
Predaceous diving-beetle, 
* 252; ground-beetle, 252 
Prenolepis imparis, 547; 
underground nest of, 
*546 
Prionidse, Prionus {npiov, 
prion, a saw), 283 
Prionidus cristatus, 204 
Prionoxystus robinice, 385, 
386; scales from wing 
of, *594; venation of, 
*38 
Prionus californicus, *282; 
imbricornis, 283; laticol- 
lis, 283 
Pristophora grossularice, 
466 
Proboscis, *7, 8, *10 
Proctotrypidse, ^ Procto- 
trypes (tt punrog, proctus, 
the anus ; Tpvirav, trypan, 
to bore), 463, 477 
Proctotrypoidea (see 
Proctotrypidse) 
Prolimacodes 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, 
*578 
Pronuba yuccasella, as a 
cross-pollinator of yuc¬ 
cas, 576 
Prop-legs, 360 
Propolis, 530 
Prosopis pubescens, 
mouth-parts of, *511 
Prosternum, 136 
Protective resemblance, 
599 ; of Phasmidse, 132; 
of Trimerotropis, 147 
Prothorax, 7 
Pselaphidse, Pselaphus 
( ipri'Aatyav, p selaphan, 
feel or grope about), 
265 
Pseudohazis eglanterina, 
426; h e r a , 426; shas- 
tcensis, 426 
Pseudoperla, 73 
Psilopus ciliatus, venation 
of wing of, *336 
Psinidia fenestralis, *146 
Psithyridse, Psithyrus 
( ipidvpog, psithyrus, 
whisperer, warbler), 
520 
Psithyrus, 519 
Psocidse, Psocus ty&xeiv, 
psochen, grind in 
pieces), 112; key to 
genera of, 112; venation 
of wing of, 113 
Psocus, 113 
Psyche, 386 
Psyche carbonaria, 386; 
confederata, 386; glo- 
veri, 386 
Psychidse, Psyche {ipvxV, 
psyche, a butterfly), 
369, 386 
Psychoda sp., mouth-parts 
of, *320 
Psychodidse, Psychoda 
( pvxv, psyche, butter¬ 
fly; eldog, edus, form), 
304, 319 
Psychology of insects, 32 
Psychomorpha epimenis, 
409 
Psyllidae, Psylla ( ipvTCka, 
psylla, a flea), 166, 171 
Psyllomyia testacea, *553 
Pteronarcys, 73 
Pterophoridse, Pteropho- 
rus {rrrepdv, p t e r um , 
feathers; Qepeiv, pheren, 
bear), 368, 376 
Pteroptrix davimedia, *479 
Pterostichus, 255; storiola, 
*254 
Ptinidse, Ptinus ( ^Olvu, 
phthino, decay, destroy), 
265, 271 
Ptynx, 233 
Pulex avium, 353; irritans, 
* 354 , 356 
Pulicidse, Pulex {pulex, 
a flea), 355 , 356 
Pulvilliform, 332 
Pulvillus, 102 
Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 
*188 
Punkie, female, mouth- 
parts of, *311 
Punkies, 310 
Pupa, 45 
Pupipara {pupus, a child; 
par ere, bring forth), 303, 
35 i 
Puss-moth, larva of, *607 
Puss-moths, 392, 394 
Pyralid moth, venation of 
wing of, *376 
Pyralidina, Pyralis ( nvp, 
pyr^ fire), 368, 374, 376 
Pyralis farinalis, 378; ve¬ 
nation of wing of, *376 
Pyromorpha dimidiata, 
388; venation of, *389 
Pyromorphid, venation of 
a, *389 
Pyromorphidse (prob. nvp, 
pyr, fire; popcpy, morphe, 
form), 369, 386 
Pyrrharctia isabella, 412 
Pyrrhocoridse, Pyrrhocoris 
(7 rvppdg, pyrrus, red¬ 
dish; nopig, coris, a bug), 
195, 207, 210 
Radius {see venation) 
Ranatra fusca, *201; eggs 
of, *201 
Raphidia sp., stages of, 
*233 
Raphidiidse, Raphidia 
{fiafig, raphis, a needle), 
224 
Raspberry geometer, 398; 
plume-moth, *377; root- 
borer, 391 
Rat-fleas, 357 
