BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 287 



2067. BILEY, C. V. Continued. 



successful application by H. G. Hubbard of an emulsion of kerosene and 

 milk as a means against this mite and against scale-insects ; proof of the 

 hibernation of Aletia argillacea '[=xylina~] in the extreme south of the 

 United States; means against the Aletia. 



2068. BILEY, C. V. Prof. C. V. Eiley and the Yucca moth. <Gardener>s 



Mo. and Hortic., March, 1882, v. 24, p. 92. S.-b. No. 23, pp. 

 198-199. 

 Critical review and reply to editorial of T. Meehan. 



2069. EILEY, C. V. The Noctuidce in the Missouri entomological reports. 



<Papilio, March, 1882, v. 2, pp. 41-44. Separate : <N. Y., 1882, 

 4pp. 



Critical review of paper of A. R. Grote ; discussion of the synonymy of the 

 Noctuidos in the Missouri entomological reports. 



2070. EILEY, C. V. Silk-culture in the United States. <Sci. Amer., 1 



April, 1882 [v. 60J, n. s., v. 46, p. 193. S.-b. No. 42, pp. 93-96. 



Statement of the dangers to be avoided and the obstacles to be overcome for 

 the successful establishment of silk-culture in the United States. 



2071. EILEY, C. Y. Little known facts about well known animals. A 



lecture delivered in the National Museum, Washington, D. 0., 

 AprilS, 1882. <Washington, April, 1882, 32 pp., figs. See : 

 <National Farmer, 13 July, 1882. S.-b. No. 42, p. 15. <Prai- 

 rie Farmer, 22 July, 1882. S.-b. No. 46, p. 99. 



, The entomological subjects include brief and popular illustrated accounts of 

 the life-histories and transformations of the house-fly (Musca domesiica) and 

 mosquito (Culex pipiens): the development of Trombidium from Astoma; 

 parasitism ; truth of the theory of evolution ; reasons for the prevalent 

 ignorance of natural history ; interest and value of a knowledge of natural 

 history. 



2072. EILEY, C. Y. Lichtenstein's theory as to dimorphic asexual fe- 



males. <Amer. Nat., May [24 April], 1882, v. 16, p. 409. 

 Criticism of J. Lichtenstein's theory that winged female Aphididte and asexual 

 female Cynipidce are larva?, and their eggs pupae; errors in the comparison 

 of these forms with the hypermetamorphotic stages of Meloidce. 



2073. [EiLEY, C. Y.] Naphthaline cones for the protection of insect 



collections. <Ainer. Nat., May [24 April], 1882, v. 16, pp. 409- 

 410. 



Use of and objections to the use of naphthaline cones ; formula of a preferable 

 protective mixture. 



2074. [EiLEY, C. Y.] Injurious insects in California. <Amer. Nat., 



May [24 April |, 1882, v. 16, p. 410. 

 Notice of treatise of Matthew Cooke. 



2075. [EiLEY, C. Y.] Sarcophaga lineata destructive to locusts in the 



Dardanelles. <Amer. Xat. ? May [24 April], 1882, v. 16, pp. 

 410-411. 



Notice of communications, by F. Calvert, regarding the parasitic habits of 

 Sarcophaga lineata, which preys upon (Edipoda cruciata; egg-pods of the 

 game locust destroyed by larvife of Callostoma fascipenni*. 



