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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1797. Deane, S. New England Farmer or Georgical Dictionary, 2d Edition, p. 



182-83. First published account of the insect, so far as we can find. 



Brief, but valuable and interesting accounts of its ravages in 1791. 



(Same account in 3d edition, 1822, but the insect is not mentioned in the 



1st edition, 1790.) 

 1799. Webster, Noah. Hist, of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases, I., 293. 



Brief mention of ravages in 1791. 



1853. Harris, T. W. Mass. Ploughman, Jul}'- 9, July 30; Boston Cultivator, 



July 16; New England Farmer, July 16, August (p. 370); Middlesex 

 Farmer, July; Journal of Agriculture, July. Brief accounts of charac- 

 teristics, habits and ravages. 



Harris, T. W. Camhiidge Chronicle for July 19th. Good brief 

 account of habits, with description of larva, pupa and moth. Gave the 

 insect its scientific name, Wiinosia 'pometella ; same account in Trans. 

 N. Y. State Agr. Soc, XIII., p. 190-192 (1854). 



Fitch, A. Salem Press for July 12th. Good detailed account of the 

 larvae and their habits. Supposed moth described as Argyrolepia 

 "pomariana. 



Fitch, A. Journal N. Y. State Agr. Soc, IV., 36, Preceding account 

 republished, with postscript correcting error in naming wrong moth 

 and augtneuting Harris' description, witli criticism on name; placed 

 moth in genus Chaetochilus, and described as a distinct species C con- 

 tuber nalellus, now considered as a variety only. Same article in Trans. 

 K Y. State Agr. Soc, XIII, 178-187 (1854). 



Harris, T. W. Jour. N. Y. State Agr. Soc, IV.. 39. Brief letter to 

 Johnson giving portions of country ravaged and pointing out Fitch's 

 error in naming wrong moth. Same article in Trans. N. Y. State Agr. 

 Soc, XIII., 189(1854). 



Harris, T. W. Journal K Y. State Agr. Soc, IV., 50-51. Deane's 

 article quoted in full; comparison of insect with canker-worms; brief 

 account of his experience with it; literature and synonomy discussed. 

 (Republished in Am. Agriculturist, XI., 148.) 



1854. Emmons, E. Nat. Hist, of N. Y., Agr., V., 254. Brief account, from 



Fitch and Harris. 



Harris, T. W. Proc. Am. Pomol. Soc. p. 210. Habits and ravages, 

 brief. 



Burnett, W. I. Proc Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IV., 347-49. Brief, valu- 

 able historical account of extent of ravages in 1791 and 1853, with brief 

 account of habits; Harris' description and his first 1853 article appended. 

 1856. Fitch, A. Second Beport on Insects of N. Y., 211-223. Best and most 

 detailed account in the literature, with descriptions and poor figures 

 of larva, pupa and q-dult; the figure of the adult is apparently the only 



