198 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1493. KILEY, C. V. [Lecture on the Rocky Mountain locust.] <Trans. 



Acad. Sci. St. Louis, June. 1876, v. 3, p. 180 Proc. 

 Brief abstract of lecture; prediction of the speedily approaching end of the 

 ravages of Caloptenus spretus in Missouri for 1875 ; plentiful crops to be 

 expected subsequently. 



1494. EILEY, C. V. [Predictions verified.] <Traus. Acad. Sci. St. 



Louis, June, 1876, v. 3, p. 185 Proc. 



Verbal communication; accuracy of author's conclusions as to the probable 

 doings of Caloptenus spretus in Missouri later in the season. 



1495. EILEY, C. V". [On changes in vegetation caused by locusts.] 



<Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, June, 1876, v. 3, pp. 188-189 Proc. 

 See : <Amer. Nat, February, 1876, v. 10, p. 125. 



Verbal communication; remarks on the extraordinary development of Vilfa 

 vaginasflora for a season after the ravages of Caloptenus spretus have occurred 

 an illustration of " the struggle for existence ;" the interesting character 

 of such instances of abnormal multiplication of a species ; criticism and de- 

 fense of the expressions " struggle for existence" and " natural selection." 



1496. EILEY, C. V. Jumping seeds and galls. <Trans. Acad. Sci. St. 



Louis, June, 1876, v. 3, pp. 190-192 Proc. Eeprint: gar- 

 dener's Mo. and Hortic., July, 1878, v. 20, pp. 213-214. See: 

 <Amer. Nat., February, 1876, v. 10, p. 125. Pacific Eural 

 Press, 6 April, 1878. 



Description of the seeds (of an unknown plant) which are inhabited by the 

 larvae of Carpoyapsa saltitans ; manner in which these larvae cause the seeds 

 to roll and jump ; habits of larva within the seed ; description of the plant 

 bearing the seeds ; the seed of Tamariscus moved by the larva of Nanodes 

 tamarisci, which feeds within it; description of the gall of Cynips [= Neu- 

 roterusl quercus-saltatorius and of the jumping of these galls. 



1497. EILEY, C. V. [On the use of Paris green as an insecticide.] 



<Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, June, 1876, v. 3, p. 193. See : 

 <Amer. Nat., February, 1876, v. 10, p. 126. 



Verbal communication ; continuation, by experiments of E. C. Kedzie, of 

 author's conclusions in regard to the safety of Paris green as an insecticide ; 

 this substance metamorphosed into a less soluble form in the ground and 

 held in the ground if not used to excess; when applied in small but suffi- 

 cient quantities not injurious to plants ; objections to the use of the " Po- 

 tato-pest poison " made at the Lodi [N. J.] Chemical Works. 



1498. EILEY, C. Y. New use for the American Agave. <Trans. Acad. 



Sci. St. Louis, June, 1876, v. 3, pp. 195-196 Proc. See : < Amer. 

 Nat., February, 1876, v. 10, p. 126. 



Verbal communication ; use of the dried flower-stalk of Agave americanus for 

 lining insect-boxes. 



1499. EILEY, G. V. [Food of insectivorous plants.] <Trans. Acad. 



Sci. St. Louis, June, 1876, v. 3, pp. 201-202 Proc. 



Drosfra, Dioncea and other plants digest, absorb, and appropriate nitrogenous 

 matters ; glands for the appropriation of animal food not yet found in the 

 Sarracenias. 



1500. EILEY, C. V. Parasites on bees. <Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 



June, 1876, v. 3, p. 212 Proc. 



Bees in California infested with triungulins of a Meloe sp. which sometimes 

 kill the bees; usual habits of such triungulius. 



