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KiLEY, Charles V. The wlieat-stalk worm on the Pacific coast. 



(Amer. Nat., Dec, 1882, xvi, p. 1017-1018.) 



Announces reception, from J. A. Starner, of Isosoma trilici, injuring wheat- 

 stalks in Washington Territory; prior notices of this insect. 



The bean weevil. 



(Rural New Yorker, 9 Dec. , 1882.) 



Answers inquiry of R. J. B.; gives habits of and means to be pursued 

 against Bruchus fabce. 



Emulsions of petroleum and their value as insecticides. 



(Rural New Yorker, 9 Dec, 1882.) 



Abstract of a paper read at meeting of American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, at Montreal, , 1882 ; gives results of experiments 



made by several persons (named) upon methods of using petroleum as an in- 

 Becticide without injury to plants; states that soap and milk emulsions are 

 the most available, and gives methods of iireparing them. 



[United States] Department of Agriculture — Entomologist, 1882 



(C. Valentine Eiley). Eeport of the Entomologist. (Report [U. S.] 

 Commiss. Agric. for 1881 and 1882, 1882 [Jan. 1, 1883], pp. 61-214, 

 pi. 1-20, with 3 jo. eospl. of plates.) 



Separate author's edition, entitled "Report of the Entomologist, Charles 



V, Riley, M. A., Ph. D., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882. From the 



I report of the Department of Agriculture for the year 1881. Issued 



December 1, 1882." Wash., Government, t.-p. cover -j- t.-p., 8+ 167 p. {with 



original pagination also), 20 pi. 



Consists of an ''Introduction," sketching the plan of the report, the past 

 and present organization and work, the projects and future needs of the'en- 

 tomological division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the relation 

 of this division to the U. S. Entomological Commission and the National Mu- 

 seum; of "Extracts from correspondence," containing brief notes upon nu- 

 merous insects not otherwise treated in the report ; and of chapters bearing 

 the following titles, cited, unless otherwise indicated, tinder the name of C. 

 V. Riley as author, to which chapters reference should be made for further 

 analysis: — Silk culture. — Pyrethrum : its use as an insecticide. — Chinch-bug 

 notes. — The army-worm Leucania unipuncia Haw. — Hubbard, H. G. Scale- 

 insects of the orange. Remedies and their application. — Insects affecting the 

 rice plant. — Insects affecting corn or maize. — The cotton- worm, Aletia xylina 

 Say. — Miscellaneous insects. — Comstock, J. H. Report on miscellaneous 

 insects. 



Silk-culture. (Report of the Entomologist, 1881-1882, pp. 



67-76 [7-16].) 



A report of work done by the entomological division of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in the promotion of silk-culture in 1881-1882; with ex- 

 tracts from letters and reports of correspondents ; list of the now active silk- 

 culture associations and business enterprises, and statement of work done by 

 them; reprint of author's preface to 2d ed. of special report No. 11 of U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, giving a summary of the present condition and 

 prospects of the silk-producing industry in United States; caution against 

 extensive prosecution of this industry under present tariff laws. 



