248 Bulletin 176. 



1855. Glcver, T. Rept. Com. of P;iteuts for 1854, p. 83-84, pi. 7. Good brief 



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

 cocoon. 



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



with fair figures of male and female. 



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



of tansy. 



1859. Merriam, J. P. aud Meehan, T. Odrd. Monthly, \.,\&%. Records success- 



ful use of gas tar. 



1860. Peticohis, T. V. Country Gentleman, XV., 226. Records negative or dis- 



astrous residts 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 aud 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), aud 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, III., 22. Detailed description of 



the larva, the first and about the only one pubhshed. 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 controUing the insect. Practi- 

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



