Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PSEU-DO-TI'NE-A, n.

In natural history, the name of a remarkable species of insect or larva, resembling a moth. It feeds on wax, and is a terrible enemy to bees, as it enters the hive and sometimes compels the bees to abandon it, being covered with a coat that is impervious to their stings. – Encyc.