760 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



Charles V. Riley. A Lady-bird Parasite. 



Insect Life, I, October, 1888, pp. 101-104, figs. 14, 15. 



Habits of parasitized Megilla maculata, with figure of the same and of the cocoon and imago 

 of Centistes americana n. sp. 

 Charles V. Riley. Remarks on the Hessian Fly. 

 Insect Life, I, October, 1888, pp. 107, 108. 



Abstract of paper read before the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science ; relates 

 to errors in the published minutes of the early meetings of the American Philosophical 

 Society, and argues for the introduction of the species from Europe. 

 Charles V. Riley. The Orchid Isosomu and a Remedy for its Injury. 

 Insect Life, I, October, 1888, p. 121. 



Notice of proposed means against Isosoma nrchidearum. 

 Charles V. Riley. Some Recent Entomological Matters of International Concern. 

 Paper read before the Philosophical Society of Washington, March 31, 1888. 

 Insect Life, I, November, 1888, pp. 126-137, figs. 24-34. 



Original habitat of Icerya purchasi ; distinct from I. sacchari; list of enemies and parasites 

 discovered in California ; benefits derived from the introduction of parasites ; summary of 

 the life history of Cecidomyia destructor ,- its presence and destractiveness in America and 

 England; its introduction into England from Europe; prospective injuries in England; 

 summary of the life history of Phorodon humuli ; figures various stages of Icerya and 

 Phorodon. 

 Charles V. Riley. The Habits of Thalessa and Tremex. 

 Insect Life, I, December, 1888, pp. 168-179, figs. 36-39, pi. 1. 



Review of recorded observations on the larval habits of Thalessa ; habits of the larva and 

 papa of T. lunator and Tremex columba ; description and figure of the method of oviposi- 

 tion in T. lunator and of Ilhyssa persuasoria ; structure and figure of ovipositor, and descrip- 

 tion and figure of the egg, of T. lunator ; ardor of the males; account of supposed oviposi- 

 tion of Thalessa in exposed lepidoptsrous larva;; description of Heteropelma datance n. 

 sp. : habits and transformations of Tremex columba .- figures larva with details, pupa, and 

 imago of T. columba, and larva, pupa, <? and $ of Thalessa lunator ; structural details of 

 larva and imago are also given. 

 Charles V.Riley. Insecticide Appliances. Modifications of the Riley or Cyclone 

 Nozzle. 



Insect Life, I, February, 1889, pp. 243-249, figs. 54-57. 



The typical Riley nozzle; modifications of the eddy-chamber system of nozzles in (lie United 

 States ; the Universal Spray-tip ; foreign modifications of the Riley nozzle — the Noel 

 nozzle ; figures of the Riley nozzle; the Universal Spray-tip and the Noel nozzle. 

 Charles V. Riley. Notes on Pronnba and Yucca Fertilization. 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. of Washington, I, No. 3, March 30, 1889. 



Criticism at length of G. D. Hulst's article in Entomologica Americana, vol. n, pp. 23C-238. Re- 

 printed in Insect Life, vol. I, p. 387, June, 1889. 

 Charles V. Riley. Two brilliant and interesting Micro-lepidoptera new to our 

 Fauna. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. of Washington, I, No. 3, March 30, 1889. 



Describes Setiostomafernaldella n. sp., from California, Walsinghamia n. gen., and Walsingha7iiia 

 diva n. sp., from Florida. 

 Charles V. Riley. Insecticide Appliances. 

 Insect Life, I, March, 1889, pp. 263-268, figs. 58-63. 



Foreign modifications of the Riley nozzle (continued) ; the Vermorel nozzle, the Albram 

 modification, the Japy modification, the Marseilles modification, and the New Zealand 

 Triplet modification ; figures of all the nozzles. 

 Charles V. Riley. Additional Note on the Megilla Parasite. 

 Insect Life, I, May, 1889, pp. 338, 339. 



Letter from Rev. T. A. Marshall, of England, in which this parasite (Centistes americana) is 

 stated to belong in the genus Perilitus ,- description of same as P. americana n. sp. ; Glover's 

 Lady-bird parasite. 

 Charles V. Riley. Notes on Pronnba and Yucca Pollination. 

 Insect Life, I, June, 1889, pp. 367-372. 



Criticism at length of Mr. Hulst's remarks in Entomologica Americana, vol. n, pp. 236-238. 

 Charles V. Riley and L. O. Howard (editors). The Corn-feeding Syrphus-tly. 

 Insect Life, I, July, 1888, pp. 5-8, fig. 1. 



Summary of larval habits of Syrphida> ,- food-habits; injuries and means against Mesograpta 

 Jtolita , description of all stages and figures of larva ; pupariuui and adult of the same. 



