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EiDGWAY, R. — List of Si^ecies of Middle and South American Birds not 

 contained in the Uliited States National Museum. [Corrected to 

 July, 1881.] 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. iv, pp. 165-203.) 



A list of all the known species of tropical American birds not represented 

 in the national collection, with authorities and habitats, prepared for dis- 

 tribution to public museums and collectors. 



List of Special Desiderata among ISTorth American Birds. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., vol. iv, pp. 207-223.) 



Prepared for the use of correspondents of the National Museum and those 

 wishing to make exchanges. The list includes all deficiencies in the way of 

 desirable species, special plumages, «fec., wanted to render the national col- 

 lection more complete. 



EiLEY, Charles V. — * Silk-culture in the United States. Condensed 

 account of the silkworm and how to inaugurate a new source of 

 wealth. 



(Western Farmers' Almanac, 1881, pp. 35-39, Fig. 14.) 



Larval habits of bee-flies [Bomhyludce). 



(Amer. Naturalist, Feb., 1881, xv, pp. 143-145, Fig. 1-3.) 



Sysioeclius areas parasitic on Caloptcnus spretus, Bombylius major (of Europe) 



on Andrena labialis. LarviB and pupaj of the two species compared ; larva, 



pupa, and imago of S. oreaa figured. 



Safe Remedies for Cabbage Worms and Potato Beetles. Ex- 

 periments with Pyrethrum. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Feb. 1881, xv, pp. 145-147.) 



Details of numerous expe|Pffents, made under direction of the author, by 

 A. J. Cook and W. R. Hubbert, proviug the efficacy of pyrethrum powder in 

 the destruction of those and other insects. 



The food of fishes. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Feb. 1881, v, xv, pp. 147-148.) 



Notice of S. A. Forbes's "The food of fishes," and "On the food of young 

 fishes." 



Insect enemies of the rice plant. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Feb. 1881, xv, pp. 148-149.) 



Identifies Chalepus trachypygus feeding on roots of the rice plant, and- con- 

 jectures that other mentioned enemies of rice may be Spalacopsis suffusa and 

 Centrinus conchinus. Rice plant in India injured by Cecidomijia oryza. 



The "YeUow-FeverFly." 



(Amer. Naturalist, Feb. 1881, xv, p. 150.) 



Rev. of H. A. Hagen'sThe "Yellow-Fever Fly" (Psyche, Sep., 1880,) records 

 occurrence of swarms of Sciara in the imago state. 



The United States Entomological Commission [C. V. JRiley, A. 



S. Packard, jr., Cyrus Thomas], (Department of the Interior). Second 

 report for the year 1878 and 1879 relating to the Rocky Mountain 

 locust and the western cricket, and treating of the best means of 

 subduing the locust in its i^ermanent breeding grounds, with a view 

 of preventing its migrations into the more fertile portions of the 

 trans-Mississippi country, in pursuance of appropriations made by 

 Congress for this purpose ; — with maps and illustrations. Wash., 



• This list has been kindly preiiared by Mr. B. Pickman Mann. 



