3G2 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1834. 



"Riley {\ Montpcllier," 



With editorial iutroductiou, discussion, and an account of a ba-nquet in 

 honor of Mr. Riley, which followed. 

 (Messager du Midi, tome v, July 10, 1884, pp. 255-265.) 



The PsylUdm of the United States. 



(Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advanc. Sci., xxxii (1883), 1884 Riley, C. V. The psyl- 

 lida) of the United States [Salem, Mass.], July, 1884, p. 319.) 



Abstract of communication made to American Associiitiou for the Advance- 

 ment of Science at its Minneapolis meeting, August, 1883; characteristic and 

 economic importance of Psijllido',; status of the present knowledge of this 

 family in United States; list of the new genera and species described in the 

 communication, with statement of the food-plants of these siiecies; charac- 

 teristics of the eggs and young of rsijUidw. 



Some recent discoveries in reference to Phylloxera. 



(Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advanc. Sci., xxxii, 1883 (1884). (Riley, C. V. The 

 PsyllulcB of the United States [Salem, Mass.], July, 1884), p. 320.) 



Abstract of communication made to American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, at its Minneapolis meeting, August, 1883 ; interest attaching 

 to a knowledge of the life history of insects of the genus rhylloxera ; imper- 

 fectness of this knowledge; degree to which it has attained; character of 

 gall and location of impregnated egg of 7'/;. spiiiosa. 



Improved method of spraying trees for protection against insects. 



(Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advanc. Sci., xxxii, 1883 (1884), pp. 466-467.) 

 Abstract of communication made to American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science at its Minneapolis meeting, August, 1883 ; brief description 

 of apparatus, especially of " cyclone nozzle " and adjustable hose, devised for 

 spraying trees with various insecticides; mention of insecticide substances 

 used. 



The Psyllidce of the United States. 



(Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advanc. Sci., xxxii, August, 1883 ; Minneapolis meeting 

 (July 1884), pp. 319-320, 466-467. 8vo.) 



Separate of papers published by author in Proceedings of American Associ- 

 ation for the Advancement of Science, xxxii, 1883(1884),. with following titles: 

 The PsylUdai of the United States, p. 319. — Some recent discoveries in refer- 

 ence to Phylloxera, p. 320. — Improved method of spraying trees for protection 

 against insects, pp. 466-467. 



A new insect injurious to wheat. 



(Bull. Brooklyn Entom. Soc, vii, December, 1884, pp. 111-112.) 

 Separate [Brooklyn, N. Y., December, 1884], p. 111. 8vo. 

 Describes larva, pupa, and female imago of Isosoma ^rande ["grandis Err."] 

 n. sp., reared from wheat stems in Indiana. 



Report by C. V. Riley. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, July 27, 1883 (1884), pp. 104-105.) 

 Review of F. Humbert's "Lucilia macellaria infesting man" (op. cit., pp. 

 103-104); identification of the insect mentioned in that article, with refer- 

 ence to other mentions of it, and remarks on its geographical distribution and 

 means against it. 



