Bees and wasps are familiar examples of this group.

HYPERTROPHIED. — Excessively developed.

ICHNEUMONIDAE. — A family of hymenopterous insects, the members of which lay their eggs in the bodies or eggs of other insects.

IMAGO. — The perfect (generally winged) reproductive state of an insect.

INDIGENES. — The aboriginal animal or vegetable inhabitants of a country or region.

INFLORESCENCE. — The mode of arrangement of the flowers of plants.

INFUSORIA. — A class of microscopic animalcules, so called from their having originally been observed in infusions of vegetable matters. They consist of a gelatinous material enclosed in a delicate membrane, the whole or part of which is furnished with short vibrating hairs