692 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Charles V. Riley. Fourth Report of the U. S. Entomological Commission, etc. — 

 Continued. 



Contains divisions and chapters, with the titles given below. Title-pa^e, p. i ; Kesolution 

 House of Kepresentatives, p. ii ; Table of Contents, pp. iii-xvi; Letter of Submittal, p. xvii; 

 Members of the (U. S. Entomological) Commission, p. xviii ; Preface, pp. xix-xii ; Introduction, 

 pp. xxiii-xxxviii ; Chapter i. Classification and Nomenclature — Destructiveness, pp. 1-4; 

 Chapter ii, Characters, habits, and natural history, pp. 5-22, figs. 1-8, pi. I; Chapter iii, Past 

 history of the cotton worm in the United States, pp. 23-38 ; Chapter iv. The cotton worm in 

 other countries, pp. 39-44 ; Chapter v, On the anatomy of Aletia, by Charles Sedgwick Minot 

 and Edward Burgess, pp. 44-58, pi. 6-11 ; Chapter vi. The cotton belt, by Prof. Eugene A. 

 Smith, pp. 59-80, maps i and ii ; Chapter vii. Terrestrial and meteorological influences affect- 

 ing the worm, pp. 81-86; Chapter viii. Natural enemies, pp. 87-119, figs. 10-45; Chapter ix, 

 Preventive measures, pp. 120-127; Chapter x. Remedies; means of coping with the insect; 

 substances used for its destruction, pp. 128-190 ; Chapter xi. Machinery and devices for the 

 destruction of the worm, by Prof. "W. S. Barnard, Ph. D., Assistant, pp. 190-252, pi. xiv-LXl; 

 Chapter xii, Machinery and devices for the destruction of the worm (contiuued), pp. 252-309; 

 Chapter xiii. Machinery and devices for the destruction of the wor m (concluded), pp. 310-321; 

 Chapter xiv, History of the literature and bibliography, pp. 322-344; Chapter xv, Insects 

 liable to be mistaken for Aletia, pp. 345-354, pi. ii, figs. 1-6, pi. v, pi. liii; Chapter xvi, The 

 Boll "Worm {Heliothis armigera, Hiibner), pp. 355-384, pi. iii-iv; Explanation to plates, pp. 

 385-399; appendices, pp. {l)-(92) ; (Introduction, p. (3)) ; Appendix I, Report of H. G. Hub- 

 bard, pp. (5)-(]6); Appendix II, Report of Prof. R.W.Jones, pp. (17)-(23); Appendix iii, Re- 

 port of J. P. Stelle, pp. (25)-(35) ; Appendix iv, Report of Di-. E. H. Anderson, pp. (37)-(48) ; 

 Appendix v. Cotton caterpillars in Brazil, by John C. Branner, pp. (49)-(54) ; Appendix vi, 

 Report of Judge William J. Jones, pp. (55)-(57) ; Appendix vii. Reports of consuls and con- 

 sular agents on the cotton crop and its enemies in Mexico, Central and South America, and the 

 West Indies, pp. (59)-(70) ; Appendix, viii, Answers to circular No. 7, pp. (71)-(92) ; Notes, 

 pp. (93)-(121); Index, pp. (l-3)-(147). 



Charles V.Riley. Insects from near Point Barrow. 



Hcport of the expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1882-'83), pp. 134-135. 

 See under John Murdoch (Part iv. Natural History). 



Charles V.Riley. Water-beetles destroying carp. 



Bull U. S. Fish Oom.,X, August 21, 1885, p. 311. 

 Charles V. Riley. Influence of climate on Cicada septendecim. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 5, 1885, p. 91. 



Record of experiments in the transferring of eggs of Cicada septendecim and tredecim into 

 different climates to test the effect of climate on the permanency of the two races. 



Charles V. Riley. The present status and future prospects of silk-culture in the 

 United States. 



Entomologica Americana, i, No. 7, 1885, pp. 139-140. 



Abstract of a paper read at the Ann Arbor meeting of the Am. Ass. Adv. Sci., and printed 

 in Proe. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., xxxiv, August, 1885, p. 510. 



Charles V.Riley. Aletia xylinays. A. argillacea. 



Entomologica Americana, i. No. 9, 1885, pp. 161-163. 



Summary ot the natural history of Oaleruca xanthomelaena, with general descriptions of the 

 different states, and discussion of the remedies available for the destruction of the iusects. 

 Figures of the insect in all states, with details of eggs and larva and elm leaves, showing mode 

 of feeding. 



Charles V. Riley. The Chester onion pest. 



Orange County Farmer (N. Y.), July 2, 1885. 



Letter by C. V. Riley, dated J une 25, 1885, and addressed to Hon. George W. Greene, Goshen, 

 Orange County, N. Y. ; refers to experiments carried on for destroying the onion cut-worm 

 (lu,iva,ot Agrotismessoria); quotes passages on remedies for cut-«orms, from the annual report 

 of the United States Entomologist for 1884 ; recommends the poisoned ball system, and spray- 

 ing with dilute kerosene emulsion ; gives formula and directions for preparing soap-kerosene 

 emulsion. 



Charles V.Riley. "Grasshopper" injury. The probability of locust or "grass- 

 hopper " injury in the near future, and on a new method of counteracting their 

 injury. 



Proceedings of the sixth meeting of the Society for tne Promotion of Agricultural Science (held 

 at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1885), pp. 38-39. 

 Also m Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., xxxiv, August, 1885, pp. 579 ; 520. 

 Also in Prairie Farmer, lvii, October 10, 1885, p. 609. 



