290 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



2095. EILEY, C. V. The silk-worni. No. 1-3. < National Farmer, 13, 



20, 27 July, 1882. S.-b. No. 35, p. 15 ; No. 48, pp. 32, 49. 

 Nature of the silk- worm ; stages, enemies, diseases, races ; wintering and 

 hatching of eggs; feeding and rearing of larvae; the cocoons; spinning and 

 gathering, choking chrysalids; egg-laying, reproduction, reeling, food- 

 plants. 



2096. EILEY, C. V. Change of habit ; two new enemies of the egg- 



plant. <Amer. Nat., August [28 July], 1882, v. 16, pp. 678- 

 679. 



Sudden acquisition by Doryphora juncta and by Cassida texana of the habits 

 of feeding on Solanum melongena, these species having been found pre- 

 viously on S. carolinense and S. elceagnifolium respectively ; occurrence of 

 C. texana on S. carolinense; distribution of the two insects. 



2097. EILEY, C. V. Notes on Microgasters. <Amer. Nat., August [28 



July], 1882, v. 16, pp. 679-680. 



Critical review of paper of A. S. Packard ; synomymical notes on Packard's 

 species. 



2098. [EILEY, C. V.] Are honey-bees carnivorous f <Amer. Nat., Au- 



gust [28 July], 1882, v. 16, p. 681. 

 Observations of Fritz Miiller on the carnivorous habits of Brazilian Apidce. 



2099. [EiLEY, C. V.] The " overflow bugs " in California. <Amer. 



Nat., August [28 July], 1882, v. 16, pp. 681-682. 

 Extract from letter of Mrs. A. E. Bash, with introductory remarks ; occur- 

 rence of Platynus maculicollis in such abundance as to become a nuisance. 



2100. [BiLEY, C. V.] Insects and drouth. <Ainer. Nat., September 



[24 August], 1882, v. 16, p. 745. 



Occurrence of excessive drouth in the spring and early summer of 1880 in 

 New England ; statement by S. Lockwood of the exceptional abundance of 

 several insects in New Jersey in that year. 



2101. EILEY, C. V. Probable sound organs in sphingid pupse. <Amer. 



Nat., September [24 August], 1882, v. 16, pp. 745-746. 

 Occurrence of a peculiar structure on the abdominal joints of the pupae of 

 certain Sphingidce ', genera in which this structure is observed ; probable 

 connection of this structure with the function of producing sound as ob- 

 served in Sphinx atropos. 



2102. EILEY, C. V. Is Oyrtoneura a parasite or a scavenger ? <Amer. 



Nat., September [24 August], 1882, v. 16, pp. 746-747. 

 Cyrtoneura stabulans bred from pupse of AletiaargiUacea [=xylina~] usual food 

 of this species ; doubt whether the species is a parasite or is only a scav- 

 enger in decayed pupse ; Phora aletice merely a scavenger ; great liability 

 of pupse of Aletia to decay 



2103. [EiLEY, C. V.] Habits of Polycaon confertus Lee. <Amer. Nat., 



September [24 August], 1882, v. 16, p. 747. 



Polycaon confertus bores in twigs of apple- and pear-trees and grape-vines ; 

 the larvse probably live in the dead and dry wood of forest-trees. 



2104. EILEY, C. Y. Dinoderus pusillus as a museum pest. <Amer. 



Nat., September [24 August], 1882, v. 16, p. 747. 



Dinoderus pusillus feeds on cork and paper lining in an insect box ; they oc- 

 cur usually in drugs and other stored and dry vegetal products. 



