REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 297 



Riley, Charles V. — Mosquitoes vs. malaria, 



(Sci. Amer., Apr. 14, 1883.) 



Reprint (Am. Naturalist, May, 1883, XVII, p. 549). 



Statement and criticism of the views of Dr. A. P. A. King, in support of the 

 thesis that malarial disease is the result of inoculation of the body with 

 malarial poison by the bites of insects; citation of twenty correspondences 

 in the conditions affecting the prevalence of mosquitoes [C'«/ex] aud malarial 

 disease. 



Larval stages and habits of the Bee-tly Mirmoneura. 



(Science, April 27, 1883, i, pp. 332-334, 3 fig.) 



Summary of the life-history of Hirmoneura obscura, condensed from A. 

 Haudlirsch's "Die Metamorphose und Lebensweise von Hirmoneura obscura 

 Meig." . . . (Wiener Eutom. Zeit., Sep., 1832, i, pp. 224-228 [Jan., 1883, ii, pp. 

 11-15, pi. 1]), aud Dr. F. Brauer's "Erganzende Bemerkungeu" . , . (op. cit., 

 Feb., 1883, ii, pp. 25-26), with figures of the several stages of this fly; corre- 

 spondence of the structure and early history of the larva with the author's 

 predictions in reference to the larvae of Bombyludce. 



The food relations of the Carabidce and Coccinellidcv. 



(Amer. Naturalist, April, 1883, xvn, pp. 417-419.) 



Summary of the general conclusions arrived at in S. A. Forbes' ["The food 

 relations of the Carabidce and Coccinellida" (Bull. No. 6 of 111. State Laboratory 

 of Nat. Hist., Jan., 1883)], in regard to the proportionate amount of various 

 animal and vegetal ingredients in the food of Carabidw and CocdneUidw; cor- 

 respondence of the structure of the mandibles of Carabidw with the nature of 

 their food. 



Possible Food-plants of the Cotton-worm. 



(Amer. Naturalist, April, 1883, xvn, pp. 421-422.) 



Notice of Dr. J. S. Bailey's "Aletia aryillacea Hiibn." (Papilio, Nov.-Dec, 

 18H2, ii, p. 189) ; occurrence of newly issued iniagos of Aletia xylina at Earner, 

 N. Y., 7th and 8th Oct., 1882, seeming to prove that the larva of this insect 

 may feed upon some genus of plants other than G ossypium in the Northern 

 States. t 



Agrolis messoria Harr. vs. Agrotis scandens Riley. 



(Amer. Naturalist, April, 1883, xvn, p. 422, 2 rig.) 



Orit. rev. of A. R. Grote's "Note on Agrolis repentia" (Papilio, September, 

 1881, v. 1, pp. 126-128), and of his "New Check List of North American 

 Moths, . . . 1882," in regard to the synonymy of Agrotis lycarum, A. re- 

 pentis, and A. cochranii, all of which are the same as A. messoria; A. acandena 

 is a distinct species; figures of larva- and imagos of the two species, and 

 comparison of the imagos. 



Prevalence of the Screw- worm in Central America. 



(Amer. Naturalist, April, 1883, xvn, p. 423.) 



Extract from a letter of J. E. Zeledon on the abundance and ravages of /.«- 

 cilia macellaria aud related flies in Costa Rica. 



Dried Leaves as Food for Lepidopterous Larvoe. 



(Amer. Naturalist, April, 1883, xvn, pp. 423-424.) 



Review of A. H. Mundt's '* New Method of Feeding Larvae "(Papilio, January, 



1883, iii, pp. 25-26); larva) of Papilio cresphontea and Apatura clyton success- 

 fully fed on leaves dried when gathered and moistened when to be used ; di- 

 rections for this process and suggestion of improvement upon it; larvae suc- 

 cessfully fed upon fresh leaves transported from a distance under pressure. 



