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1501. RILEY, C. V. The locust pest. <Sci. Amer., 1 July, 1876 [v.49], 



n. s., v. 35, p. 9. 



Effects of water and cold on the eggs of Caloptenus spretus. 



1502. RILEY, C. V. Swallows ; bed bugs. <Colinan's Eural World, 5 



July, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 166. 



Answer to letter of R. R. Pierce ; nests of Hirundo fulva generally infested 

 by Acantliia lectularia; those of Hirundo americana rarely so; while this 

 habit might cause annoyance about a dwelling, it is of little consequence 

 when the bird nests under the eaves of a church. 



1503. [RiLEY, C. V.] Berry and cherry twigs. <N. Y. Tribune, 5 July, 



1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 169. 



Answer to letter of W. Keyser ; eggs ofCEcanthus niveus laid in twigs of Rubua 

 and Prunits', description, habits of, and means against Oberea tripunctata. 



1504. R[ILEY], C. V. Three worms and their work. <N. Y. Weekly 



Tribune, 12 July, 1876, 2 figs. S.-b. No. 14, p. 132. 



Answer to letter of "Subscriber;" means against larvae of Agrotididce, of 

 Elateridce, and earth worms, Lumbricus sp. ; eggs of Agrotis ypsilon laid in 

 the spring; breeding-habits and economic importance of Lumbricus ; fig- 

 ures of an elatrid larva and imago. 



1505. [ RILEY, C. V.] Mite parasites of the Colorado potato-beetle. 



<Mirror and Farmer, 15 July, 1876, v. 28, No. 29, p. 2. S.-b. 

 No. 14, p. 221. Reprint : <Gardener's Mo. and Hortic., Sep- 

 tember, 1876, v. 18, p. 279. <Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, De- 

 cember, 1877, v. 3, p. 219 Proc. Note: <Amer. Nat., October, 

 1876, v. 10, p. 636. 



Ectoparasitism of a gamasid mite [ Uropoda americana] on Doryphora, decem- 

 lineata ; list of. vertibrate enemies of D. decemlineata. 



The reprints note the occurrence of D. decemlineata in New Hampshire and 

 its ravages along the Atlantic coast. See No. 1610. 



1506. [RiLEY, C. V.] [Wheat insects.] <Blair [Nebr.] Times, 20 July, 



1876. S.-b. No. 10, pp. 200-201. 



Quotes from 1st Ann. Rept. State Ent. Mo., pp. 159-161; wheat injured in 

 Nebraska in 1876 by Cecidomyia destructor and Meromyza americana; ravages 

 of larva, description of imago and means against the latter; occurrence of 

 Disonycha flavtientris in Nebraska. 



1507. RILEY, C. V. A new enemy of wheat. <N. Y. Tribune, 21 July, 



1876. S.-b. No. 14, pp. 129-130; 130-131. 



Answer to letter of W. Robson ; occurrence, habits, and ravages of Leucania 

 albilinea in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Kansas ; history and description 

 of larva, pupa, and imago of the insect ; evolution of new habits and 

 forms among insects. 



1508. [RiLEY, C. V.] Chinch-bug; bee-moth. <Colman's Rural World, 



26 July, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, pp. 201-205. 



Answer to letter of G. R. Christian ; means against Blissus leucopteruH and 

 Galleria cereana ; food, seasons, habits, and description of the latter. 



1509. RILEY, C. V. The grape-root borer, JEgeria polistiformis. 



<Colman's Rural World, 26 July, 1876, 2 figs. S.-b. No. 10, 

 pp. 205-206. 



Answer to letter of F. J. Kroii; experiments on means against JEgeria 

 [== Sciapteron~\ polistiformis; habits of larva ; figures of imago; geographi- 

 cal distribution. 



