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1780. [EiLEY, C. V.] The rose-slug. <Amer. Ent, May, 1880 [v. 3], 



n. s., v. 1, pp. 115-116, figs. 42-43. 



Description of eggs, larvae, and imago, history and means against Selandria 

 [= MonQstegia~\ rosce ; figures, egg, larvae, imago, with details of structure, 

 and injured leaf. 



1781. [RiLBY, C. Y.] Dr. Asa Fitch. <Amer. Ent, May, 1880 [v. 3], 



11. s , v. 1, pp. 121-123. 

 Biographical sketch of Asa Fitch, with notice of his collection of insects and 



his writings. 



1782. [UiLEY, C. Y.] Flea-beetle on young tobacco plants. <Amer. 



Ent., May, 1880 [v. 3], n. s., v. 1, p. 123. 



Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum eaten by Epitrix hirtipennis [= Crepidodera par- 

 vula~\ and probably by E. [= C.] cucumeris; leaves of Solatium eaten by the 

 first named and by E. [= C.] brevis; distribution of these and other species 

 of Epitrix [= Crepidodera]. 



1783. [RiLEY, C. Y.] The proboscis of the common house-fly. <Amer. 



Ent, May, 1880 [v. 3], n. s., v. 1, p. 125. 

 Review of paper by G. Macloskie. 



1784. [EILEY, C. Y.] Notes on South American Lepidoptera. <Amer. 



Ent.. May, 1880 [v. 3], n. s., v. 1, pp. 125-126. 



Report of meeting of the Entomological Society of London ; length of probo- 

 scis of and presence of scent organ in Sphingidce ; perception of colors in 

 nhopalocera ; secondary sexual character in Callidryas and other genera ; 

 according to R. Meldola the proboscis of Macrosila cluentius is 23.5 cra (9f 

 inches) long. 



1785. [RILEY, C. Y.] Floating apiaries. <Amer. Ent, May, 1880 [v. 



3], n. s., v. 1, pp. 126-127. 



Notice of an unsuccessful "attempt to increase the product of an apiary by 

 floating it southward late in the season and back to the north in the spring, 

 on the Mississippi River. 



1780. [RiLEY, C. Y.] American Staphylinidce wanted. <Amer. Ent, 



May, 1880 [v. 3J, n. s., v. 1, p. 127. 



Notice of A. FauvePs works on StapJiylinidas and his request for additional 

 material. 



1787. [RiLEY, C. Y.] Probable parthenogenesis in the Hessian fly. 



<Amer. Ent, May, 1880 [v. 3J, n. s., v. 1, p. 127. 

 Review of paper by H. A. Hagen ; Cecidomyia destructor less injurious than 

 formerly in the older wheat-growing regions, its area of abundance having 

 moved westward with the westward extension of wheat culture. 



1788. [RiLEY, C. V.] Raspberries destroyed by weevils. <Amer. Ent., 



May, 1880 [v. 3], n. s., v. 1, p. 127. 



Ravages of Otiorhynchus picipes in England ; warning against its introduction 

 into the United States. 



i 788a. [RiLEY, C. Y.] Cotton culture and the insects affecting the plant 

 at Bahia, Brazil. <Amer. Ent., May, 1880 [v. 3], n. s., v. 1, 

 pp. 128-129. 

 Letter of R. A. Edes, with remarks on specimens sent. 



