248 Bulletin 176. 



185.5. Glcver, T. Rept. Cora, of Patents for 1854, p. 83-84, pi. 7. Good brief 

 account. Fairly good figures of male and female, larva and pupa in 

 cocoon. 



1856. Fitch, A. Third Report on Insects in New York, 356. Brief account, 

 with fair figures of male and female. 



1858. T lie Northern Farmer (Utica, N. Y,), V., 116. Record of successful use 



of tansy. 



1859. Merriam, J. P. and Median, T. Oard. Monthly, I., 168. Records success- 



ful use of gas tar. 



1860. Peticolas, T. V. Country Oentleman, XV., 226. Records negative or dis- 



astrous results with many of the methods then recommended. Good 

 general discussion of methods. 

 Morris, Miss M. H. Horticulturist, XV., 118. Brief, popularly written 

 account with crude original figures of male and female, a pupa and a 

 cocoon. 



1862. Harris, T. W. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (Flint edition), p. 331-32. 

 Same as the 1841 account, with figures of the larva (Fig. 161), pupa 

 (Fig. 162), male (pi. V., fig. 6), and pupa skin (pi. V., fig. 7); very good 

 figure of the male. 



1866. Walsh, B. D. Practical Entomologist, I., 27-28. Brief , general account, 

 with a good discussion of various methods for combating it. Fair fig- 

 ures of male and female. 



1869. Walsh, B. D. and Rile/, C. V. American Entomologist, I., 180-81. Very 



full discussion of the "mounding system." The system is further dis- 

 cussed from experience by Wells and Dean on pp. 201 and 222. 

 Riley, C. V. First Rept. on Insects of Missouri, 47-50. Good general 

 account; mounding system especially treated. Fair figures of male and 

 female. 



1870. Fulton, J. A. Peach Culture, 120-125. Brief account of life-history, 



with rather poor figures of male and female. Good sensible discussion 

 of methods of combating. 



1871. Saunders, W. Canadian Entomologist, HI., 22. Detailed description of 



the larva, the first and about the only one published. Poor figure of 

 larva. 

 Bateman, M. B. American Agriculturist, XXVIII., 141. Records suc- 

 cessful expts. with coal tar, with a detailed account of use of Buchan's 

 carbolic soap. 



1872. Fitz, J. The Southern Apple and Peach Culturist, 254-60. Fairly accu- 



rate account of life-history. Excellent discussion of mounding, scald- 

 ing, various washes, and other applications on soil around tree. 



1873. Reed, E. B. Rept. Ont. Ent. Soc. for 1872, III, 44-47. Very good gen- 



eral article compiled from Say, Harris, Fitch and Riley. Fair figures 

 of male and female and Saunders' poor figure of larva. 

 1875. Cook, A. J. Rept. Mich. Bd. of Agr. for 1874, p. 136. Brief good 

 account of life-history and methods for controlling the insect. Practi- 

 cally the same article in Rept. Mich. Pom. Soc. for 1874, p. 140-41. 



