18 [4343-4359] 



PSYCHE. 



[January- -February iSS8. 



Leconte, J : Lawrence. Fungoid diseases 



of insects : a reclamation. (Can. entom., 



Jul. iSSo, V. 12, p. 126-128.) 



Comparison of author's own first mention of fungus 



parasites as insecticides (see Leconte, 1873) witli tiiat of 



Walsh (see 1S67). S. A. F. ("4343) 



Packard, Alpheus Spring, jr. [Yeast fun- 

 gus as an insecticide.] (Amer. nat., Feb. 

 1880, V. 14, p. 133-134-] 

 Mere mention. S. A. F. (4344) 



[Peck, C: Horton.] Fungi as insect des- 

 troyers. (Amer. nat., May iSSo, v. 14, 



P- 363-364- ) 



Reprint from Bulletin of Torrey botanical club con- 

 cerning Peck's observations on cicada fungus. 



S.A. F. (434S) 



Riley, C: Valentine. The white grub fun- 

 gus. (Amer. entom., June 18S0, v. 3, p. 

 137-140, fig. 53-55.) 



General article, illustrated summary of literature, and 

 list of entomogenous species of cordyceps. Qj-iotes 

 Berkeley's description o'l cordyceps ravenelii and gives 

 American bibliography of the genus. S. A. F. (4346) 



Prentiss, Albert Nelson. Destruction of 

 obnoxious insects by means of fungoid 

 growths. (Amer. nat., 18S0, v. 14: Aug., 

 P- 575-5S1 ; Sep., p. 630-635.) 

 Full account of experiments with ye.ast on aphides, 



coccids, and red spiders. S. A. F. (4347) 



Riley, C : Valentine. Yeast ferment : fungus 



infection. (Bull. no. 3, U. S. Entom. 



comm, Washington, 18S0, p. 68-74.) 



Report of experiments with yeast made .according 



to Dr. Hagen's suggestion. Riley quotes at length 



from Hagen ; describes unsuccessful experiments on 



larvae oi papilio, danais, and pieri's; and gives a full 



account of a trial with cotton worms (aletia) by Prof. 



J. E. Willet. Mentions incidentally the occurrence of 



destructive disease among cabbage worms {pi'eris 



rapae). S. A. F. ^4348) 



Riley, C : Valentine. Fungus diseases of 

 insects. (Amer. entom., Apr. i8So, v. 3, 

 p. 103.) 



Abstract of article by Metschnikoff in Zoologischer 

 anzeiger, 18S0, p. 44, relating to insect diseases in 

 Europe, and experiments with muscardine fungi. 



S. A. F. (4349) 



Riley, C: Valentine. The use of fungus 

 growths to destroy insects. (Amer. entom., 

 Nov. 1880, V. 3, p. 269-270.) 

 Abstract of article by A. N. Prentiss, in American 



naturalist this year. S. A. F. (4350) 



Schwarz, Eugene Amandus. Disease of 

 chaiiliognatkus larvae. (Amer. entom., 

 Nov. 1880, V. 3, p. 277.) 



Xote on disease causing larvae to die without sub- 

 sequent efflorescence of spores. S. A. F. (4351) 



Seaman, W : H. Some remarks on fungi 

 considered as insecticides. (Amer. entom., 

 Feb. 1880, V. 3, p. 40.41.) 

 Statement and criticism of Hagen's view of relations 



of yeast fungi to insect diseases. .S. A. F. (4352) 



Willet, J. E. rtwc/Cook, Albert J: Experi- 

 ments with yeast ferment on various insects. 

 (Amer. entom., Dec. 1880, v. 3, p. 289-290.) 

 Experiment on cotton worms {aletia) by Willet, with 

 beer and yeast. Larvae treated with beer all lived to 

 the imago; while of those treated with yeast five died 

 either as larvae or pupae. Experiment not regarded as 

 successful. Entirely unsuccessful experiments by Cook 

 with yeast on squash bugs {tnasa), potato beetles 

 (dorypkora) , cabbage worms (pieris rapae), and plant 

 lice {eriosoma tessellata). S. A. F. (43S3) 



1881. 



Bessey, C : Edwin. Insect destroying fungi. 

 (Amer. nat., Jan. 1881, v. 15, p. 52-53.) 



Abstract of article by Giard on life history oiempusa. 

 Mention of description oi cicada fungus by C. H. Peck. 



S. A. F. (43S4) 



Leidy, Joseph. Parasites of the termites- 

 (Journ. Acad. nat. sci. Philad., 1881, s. 2., 

 V- 8, p. 4^5-447' Pl- 51-52-) 



Excessive normal parasitism oi protozoa in termites. 



S.A.F. (43SS) 



Osborn, Herbert. Occurrence of a bacterial 

 disease in the bronze-colored cut-worm 

 {tiefhelodes vioIa>is Guenee). (Iowa 

 homestead, 17 June jSSi, v. — , p. — .) 

 (ist ann. rept. N. Y. state entom., Albany, 

 1882, p. 105.) s. A. F. (4356) 



Vorce, C. M. Wholesale destruction of 

 acari by a fungus. (Proc. Amer. soc. 

 microscopists, 18S1, v. 4, p. 49-50.) (Amer. 

 monthly micros, journ., Sept. 1881, v. 2, 

 p. 166-167.) 

 Dead mites observed filled with fungus spores. 



S. A. F. (4357) 



1882. 



Forbes, Stephen Alfred. Bactermm a para- 

 site of the chinch bug. (Amer. nat., Oct. 

 1882, v. 16, p. 824-825.) 



Observation of bacteria in alimentary canal of chinch 

 bugs {blissus leucopterus) apparently affected by disease. 



S. A. F. (4358) 



Forbes, Stephen Alfred. Studies on the 

 chinch bug: i. (12th rept. State entom. 

 111., for 18S2, 1883), p. 47-57. 

 Account of apparent disease among chinch bugs 

 {blissus leucopterus) characterized by intestinal micro- 

 coccus described by T : J. Burrill as micrococcus insec- 

 torum. S. A. F. (4359) 



