174 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1360. EILEY, C. V. A new (?) segerian maple-borer. 



February, 1874, v. 8, pp. 123-124. 



Critical review of P. Gennadius's "A new segerian maple-borer." Trochilium 

 acericolum is the well-known JEgeria acerni, injurious to maple-trees. 



1361. EILEY, C. V. Entomology in Missouri. <Amer. Nat., March, 



1874, v. 8, pp. 181-188. 



Reply to criticisms of A. S. Packard; discussion on the number of segments 

 in the head of an insect, on classification, and on Mylilaspis pomicoriicis 

 [= pomorum~]. 



1362. EILEY, C.V. Economic entomology. <Amer. Nat., March, 1874, 



v. 8, pp. 189-190. 



Demand'for more attention to and better representation of the agricultural 

 interests of the country. Inadequacy of measures propounded for the 

 wholesale destruction of noxious insects. 



1363. EILEY, C. V. Sixth annual report on the noxious, beneficial, and 



other insects of the State of Missouri, made to the State Board 

 of Agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose 

 from the legislature of the State. <9th Ann. Eept. State Board 

 of Agric. for 1873, March, 1874, pp. 169+12, 55 figs. Separate: 

 < Jefferson City, Mo., March, 1874, pp. 169+12, 55 iigs. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS , 3 



PREFACE 6 



NOXIOUS INSECTS. 



NOTES OF THE YEAR 9 



The codling-moth, Carpocapsa pomonella 9 



Failure of the apple crop in 1873, 9 Dr. Le Baron's observations on 

 the habits of the worm, 9 Proportion of worms leaving the fruit 

 before it falls, 10 How it affects pears, 10 Time and method of 

 using bandages, 10 Westward spread of the insect, 10. 

 The Colorado potato-beetle, DorypJiora W-lineata 11 



How it has affected the price of potatoes, 11 New food-plants, 

 11 Its progress eastward during 1873, 12 Improved methods of 

 using Paris green, 13 Device for jarring off the bugs, 14 Euro- 

 pean publications on the insect, 15 Danger of its introduction 

 into Europe, 15 Precautionary measures to be taken in Europe, 

 16. 

 The cotton- worm, Aletia xylina 17 



Paris green suggested as remedy, 17 Address before the National 

 Agricultural Congress, 17 Mr. Glover's summary on experience 

 with Paris green, 19 Experiments with the poison, 19 John- 

 son's sprinkling machine, 20 Patents on Paris green, 20 The 

 Royal mixture, 21 Hibernation of the insect, 22 Natural ene- 

 mies, 23 Geographical range, 23 Position of the moth when 

 alighting, 24. 

 The canker-worm, Paleacrita vernata; Anisopteryx pometaria 24 



Dr. Le Baron's summary of remedies, 24 Mr. Milliken's experience ' 

 with the rope and tin trap, 25 The Paris green remedy, 26 A 

 new trough, 26 Birds which destroy the worm, 27 Mr. Mann's 

 observations on the insect, 28 Two species have hitherto been 

 confounded, 28 The English sparrow and the increase of the 

 wjute-warked tussock-moth, 29. 



