BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 191 



1458. EILEY, C. V. Small borer in apple-twig. <Colman's Eural 



World, 26 January, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 1. 



Answer to letter of F. Holsinger ; description and habits of Psenocerus auper- 

 notatus. 



1459. EILEY, C. V. Worms on cotton wood. <Colman's Kural World, 



26 January, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 1. 



Answer to letter of J. H. Davidson ; occurrence of larvseof Drasteria erechthea 

 on Populus moniiifera and on Trifolium; description of the imago. 



1460. EILEY, C.V. Ailanthus silk- worm in Missouri. <Colinan's Bural 



World, 27 January, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 2. 



Answer to letter of " Subscriber ;" extent and unproatableness of the culture 

 of Samia [= Atlacus] cynthia; naturalization of the worm in the United 

 States. 



1461. E[ILEY], C.V. Cause of smut in wheat. <Colman's Eural World, 



26 January, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 2. 



Critical review of a report by Pulaski Grange, Tenu., on the cause of smut in 

 wheat ; absurdity of the report ; occurrence of Brachytarsws variegatus in 

 the smut, and of larvae of Cecidomyia, Meromyza, and Chlorops in the lower 

 joints of wheat; smut caused by Ustilago segetum. 



1462. RILEY, C. V. Colorado potato-beetle's native home. <N. Y. 



Tribune. 9 February, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, pp. 12-13. 



Geographical distribution of Doryphora decemlineata prior to 1859. 



1463. EILEY, C. V. An entomological question. <Prairie Farmer. 26 



February, 1876, v. 47, p. 68. S.-b. No. 10, pp. 4, 5 ; No. 42, pp. 

 76, 77. See: <Prairie Farmer, 4 March, 1876, v. 47, p. 76. 

 S.-b. No. 10, p. 4. 



Reply to Proximo's "An entomological question;" commendation of legisla- 

 tive efforts to effect the appointment of a national entomological commis- 

 sion; text of the two bills introduced into Congress; criticism of the 

 same. 



1464. EILEY, C. V. Insect ravages. An interesting letter from Prof. 



C. V. Eiley. How to protect our agricultural interests ; legis- 

 lation, wise and otherwise ; the duty of Congress. <St. Louis 

 Daily Globe-Democrat, 4 March, 1876, v. 1, p. 3. S.-b. No. 10, 



pp. 5-8. 



Importance and extent of injuries inflicted by insects in North America; no- 

 tice of existing legislation upon means against injurious insects; state- 

 ment of legislation needed for protection against locusts ; criticism of bills 

 introduced into Congress for the appointment of a national entomological 

 commission. 



1465. EILEY, C. V. Notes on the Yucca borer, Megathymus yuccce, 



Walk. <Traus. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 10 January-23 March, 

 1876, v. 3, pp. 323-344, figs. 25-31. Separate : <St. Louis, Mo., 

 January, 1876, pp. 23, figs. 25-31. Eeprint: <8th Ann. Eept, 

 State Ent. Mo., May, 1876, pp. 169-182, figs. 40-55, 

 See No. 1482 for synopsis of contents; see No, 1603. 



