208 BIBLIOGEAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1565. RILEY, C. V. Is this a grasshopper year? Prof. Riley's opinion 



concerning the prospect for bugs. It all depends on the kind 

 of weather we have during February. <St. Louis Daily Globe 

 Democrat, 7 February, 1877, v. 2, No. 263, p. 3. S.-b. No. 14, 

 pp. 69-70. Eeprint: <Industrialist [Manhattan, Kans.] 17 

 February, 1877, v. 2, pp. 1, 4. S.-b. No. 14, p. 49. See : <Col- 

 man's Eural World, 1877. S.-b. No. 1, pp. 59-iiO. 



Replies to questions as to the likelihood of the hatching of eggs of Caloptenus 

 spretus in the spring of 1877; the degree of development attained before 

 winter; possibility of the resumption of development after it has once 

 been arrested. 



1566. [RiLEY, C. V.] Are the locusts hatching? Mistaken identity. 



<Colman's Rural World, 14 February, 1877, 2 figs. S.-b. No. 

 14, p. 62. 



Modified extract from 8th Ann. Kept. State Ent. Mo., May, 1876, pp. 149-150, 

 Tragocephala [=Chortophaya~\ viridifa&iata and Tettix grariulatus mistaken 

 for Caloptenus spretus; geographical distribution of the first; hibernation 

 and colors of the two former ; figures of both. 



1567. RILEY, C. V. Condition of locust eggs: Inquiries answered. 



<Colman's Rural World, 21 February, 1877. S.-b. No. 14, pp. 

 67-68; 68. 



' Replies to inquiries as to the degrees of development attained by eggs of 

 Caloptenus spretus submitted for examination. 



15G8. RILEY, C. V. Tarred paper for fruit trees. <Col man's Rural 



World, 7* March, 1877. S.-b. No. 14, p. 61. 



Critical review of article by E. Gaylord ; the inclosure of trunks of fruit 

 trees in tarred paper serviceable as a protection from the sun, rabbits, 

 mice, and borers. 



1569. RILEY, C. V. Insect on the grape. <Gardener's Mo. and Hortic., 



March, 1877, v. 19, p. 90. 

 Varieties of grape attacked by Desmia maculalis ; means against the same. 



1570. RILEY, C. V. Ninth 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. <12th Ann. Rept. 

 State Board of Agric. for 1876, March, 1877, pp. 7+129+3, 33 

 figs. Separate: < Jefferson City, Mo., March, 1877, pp. 

 7+129+3, 33 figs. 



PREFACE Ill 



TABLE OF CONTENTS V 



NOXIOUS INSECTS. 



CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY WORMS 1 



There are several species, having different habits, 1 Three which 

 may be destroyed by similar methods, 1 Botanical details as to 

 the currant and gooseberry, 2. 

 THE GOOSEBERRY SPAN-WORM, EufitcUa ribearia 3 



Its natural history, 3 Most destructive gooseberry insect in Mis- 

 souri, 3 Generic nomenclature, 3 Characters of the moth, 4 

 Description of the egg, 4 Where the eggs are laid, 4 The in- 



