200 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1510. EILEY, C. V. Sweet-potato beetles ; " beautiful bugs." <N. T. 



Weekly Tribune, 26 July, 1876, 3 figs. S.-b. No. 10, p. 213. 



Answer to letter of W. Snowden ; characters aud habits of Cassididce; descrip- 

 tion and figures of larvte and iruagos of Coptocycla [ = Cassida] bivittata and 

 C. [=C.] nigripes; descriptions of C. cturichalcea and C. guttata; these 

 species feed on leaves of Ipomwa batatas and C. aurichalcea, also on leaves 

 of Convolvulus and of Solanum dulcamara', means against them. 



1511. [RiLEY, C. V.] TTiose centennial insects. <N. Y. Weekly Trib- 



une, 26 July, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 219. 



Criticism of communication of L. A. M. ; list of principal insects preying 

 upon stored corn. 



1512. E[LLEY],C. V. Wheat midge; rue- worms." <N. Y. Tribune, 2 



August, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 202. 



Larvae of Papilio asterias feeding on Ruta graveolens ; description, habits, sea- 

 sons, ravages of, and means against Cecidomyia [= Diplosis] tritici. 



1513. EILEY, C.V. Apple and peach borers. <Colman's Eural World, 



9 August, 1876. S.-b. No. 14, pp. 3-4; 55-50. Extract: Cul- 

 tivator and Country Gentleman, 7 September, 1876, v. 41, p. 566. 

 Answer to inquiries of F. H. ; Chrysobothris femorata distinguished from Sa- 

 perda bivittafa [= Candida] and JEgeria [ 5amina] exiliosa; habits and 

 description of the first ; habits of the last and means against both. 



1514. EILEY, C. V. Large saw-fly. <Colman's Eural World, 9 Au- 



gust, 1876. S.-b. No. 14, p. 4. 



Answer to inquiry of J. B. J. ; description of larva and imago of Cimbex 

 laportei [=americao] ; its food-plants and transformations. 



1515. EILEY, C. V. Cottony scale-insect on maples. <Colmau's Eural 



World, 9 August, 1876. S.-b. No. 14. pp. 4-5. 



Answer to inquiry of C. F. Mills; Lecanium acericola [= Pulvinaria innu- 

 merabilis] injurious to Acer dasycarpum at Springfield, 111. ; habits, descrip- 

 tion of the scale, and manner of oviposition ; no great injury ever done by 

 insects of this genus. 



1516. EILEY, C. V. Hickory vs. locust borer. <Colman's Eural World, 



9 August, 1876. S.-b. No. 14, p. 5. 



Answer to inquiry of F. M. D. ; description of larva 'and imago and natural 

 history ofArhopalus [= Cyllene] piclus ; characters distiuguishiug this from 

 A. [= C.] robinlce ; food-plants and seasons of the lattef. 



1517. EILEY, C. Y. Stag-beetle. <Col man's Eural World, 9 August, 



1876. S.-b. No. 14, p. 5. 



Answer to inquiry of S. Lee; occurrence and characters of Lucanus elaphus : 

 food of larva. 



1518. EILEY, C. V. Eggs of the angular- winged katydid. <Colman's 



Eural World, 9 August, 1876. S.-b. No. 14, p. 5. 

 Answer to inquiry of V. Kriegel ; descriptions of eggs, images, and song of 

 Microcentrum retinerve ; habits and ravages and means against the same. 



1519. EILEY, C.V. Experience with the Colorado potato-beetle. <Col- 



man's Enral World, 9 August, 1876. S.-b. No. 14, p. 6. 

 Letter from N. Coleman; larvae of Doryphora decemlineata in confinement 

 pupated on the surface of the ground ; imagos eat the tubers underground. 



