128 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1103. [ RILEY, C. V.] Toads vs. bugs. <Amer. Ent., December, 1869- 



January, 1870, v. 2, p. 91. 



Translation of extracts from Fogt's "Noxious and beneficial animals;" exist- 

 ence of a commerce in toads between France and England ; usefulness, 

 tameness, and gratitude of toads. 



1104. [EiLEY, C. V.J The tomato-worm again. <Arner. Ent., Decem- 



ber, 1869- January, 1870, v. 2, pp. 91-92. 



Reprint, with comments, of article entitled "The tomato-worm," from Syra- 

 cuse Standard ; absurd nature of newspaper accounts of insects. 



1105. [RiLEY, C. Y.j Mr. Walsh's successor. < Amer. Ent., December, 



1869-January, 1870, v. 2, pp. 92-93. 



Condition in which B. D. Walsh left the office of State Entomologist of 

 Illinois at his death; plans of his intended second report; provisions for 

 the preparation of the same and the filling of the office. 



1106. [RiLEY, C. V.J To our subscribers. <Amer. Eut., December, 



1860-January, 1870, v. 2, p. 93. 

 Proposed change in the character of the American Entomologist. 



1107. [RiLEY, C. V.] The Walsh entomological collection. <Ainer. 



Ent., December, 1869-January, 1870, v. 2, pp. 93-94. 

 Statement of the conditions under which the Walsh collection of insects is 

 to be sold ; expression of preferences in regard to its disposition ; extent 

 and method of preservation of the collection. 



1108. [RiLEY, C. Y.J A State entomologist for Minnesota. <Amer. 



'Eut., December, 1869-January, 1870, v. 2, p. 94. 

 Commendation of resolutions passed by the Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society recommending the appointment of a state entomologist; promo- 

 tion of entomological studies by appropriations from the several States. 



1109. RILEY, C. V. [Field for the entomologist in the South.] < Amer. 



Ent., v. 2, December, 1869-January, 1870, p. 94; February, 

 1870, p. 121. 



Extent and novelty, of entomological work in the southern United States; 

 J. P. Stelle at work in this field. 



1110. [RiLEY, C. Y.J On our table. <Amer. Ent., December, 1869- 



January, 1870, v. 2, pp. 95, 96. 



Notices of J. T. C. Ratzeburg's works on "Forest trees" and "Weeds of 

 Germany and Switzerland." 



1111.' [RiLEY, C. Y.J Information wanted. <Amer. Ent., December, 



1869-January, 1870, v. 2, p. 96. 



Answer to inquiry of M. A. Kendall; habits of Xylocopa Carolina [= virginica], 

 Bhyssa [Thalessa} lunator, and Spectrum ^Diapheromeralfemorata. 



1112. j RILEY, C. Y.J The Cecropia moth, Attacus cecropia, Linn. 

 <Amer. Eut, February, 1870, v. 2, pp. 97-102, fig. 59 [bisJ-67. 

 Descriptions and figures of larva, cocoon and imago of Attacus cecropia; 

 figure of pupa; descriptions of egg and of young larva at its several 

 stages; nomenclature, food-plants, and parasites; its value as a silk-worm ; 

 figures aud descriptions of Ophion macrurum. Exorista cecropiw n. sp., and 

 Chalcis [= Spilochalcis'] marice n. sp. ; figure of larva of OpMon macrurum and 

 of cocoons of Cryptus nunclus; habits of these parasites ; Exorista cecropias 

 considered a variety of E. militaris [Nemorcsa leiicanice]. 



