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21 32. [RiLEY, C. V.] New lists of North American Lepidoptera. 



<Ainer. Nat,, [5] January, 1883, v. 17, pp. 80-82. 

 Reviews of lists of Brooklyn Entomological Society, of C. H. Fernald and 

 A. R. Grote. 



2133. [EiLEY, C. V.] Naphthaline cones. <Amer. Nat., [5j January, 



1883, v. 17, pp. 83, 84. 



The cones stain the paper lining of boxes ; they seem to destroy mites and 

 Psoci very soon, but have little effect on Dermestidce. 



2134. RILEY, C. V. Emulsions of petroleum as insecticides. <Sci. 



Amer., 6 January, 1883 [v. 62], n. s., v. 48, p. 3. S.-b., No. 42, 

 pp. 4-7. 



Notice of experiments made, tinder author's direction, in 1882, in the use of 

 emulsions of kerosene oil ; report of H. G. Hubbard upon experiments made 

 by him; critical review of S. F. Chapin's " Scale insects on deciduous and 

 ornamental trees; " effect of pure kerosene, of emulsions, and of lye upon 

 trees. 



2135. RILEY, C. V. Entomological notes. <Rural New Yorker, 13 Jan- 



uary, 1883. S.-b. No. 42, p. 78. See : <Amer. Nat., 1883, v. 17, 

 pp. 198-199. 



1. A new enemy to wax-beans ; extract from letter of G. H. Stone, on the 

 food-plants, habits, and ravages of Epilachna corrupta; distribution of the 

 same. 2. Spread of the 12-punctured asparagus beetle; increasing noxious- 

 ness of Crioceris 12-punctata recorded from near Baltimore, Md., by O. Lug- 

 ger ; comparative description of this species with C. anparagi. 3. An inter- 

 nal mite in fowls ; presence of Cytoleichm sarcoptoides in lungs and other 

 parts of diseased chickens. 



2136. [RiLEY, C. V.] The "lignified snake of Brazil." <Evening Star 



[Washington, D. C.], 20 January, 1883, v. 61, p. 2. S.-b. No. 

 42, pp. 59-60. Reprint : <Sci. Amer. Suppl., 17 February, 1883. 

 See: <Science, 23 February, 1883, v. 1, p. 84. 



Discussion of a specimen of problematical character, supposed to be the bur- 

 row of a larva under bark ; notice of writings upon the subject ; frequency 

 with which the true nature of natural objects is mistaken ; letter from J. 

 H. Hutchins accompanying a gall of Cecidomyia vitis-pomum mistaken fora 

 hybrid fruit. 



2137. RILEY, 0. V. Utilization of ants in horticulture. <Sci. Amer., 



27 January, 1883 [v. 62J, n. s., v. 48, p. 49. S.-b., No. 42, pp. 

 65-66. 



Abstracts of papers of C. J. Macgowan and H. C. McCook, with additional 

 notes; the introduction of ants might involve objectionable consequences; 

 probability that they would not be of service against Coccidce. 



2138. RILEY, C. V. Natural sugaring. <Amer. Nat., February [31 



January], 1883, v. 17, pp. 197-198. Reprint : <Country Gentl., 

 31 May, 1883, v. 48. S.-b. No. 42a, p. 297. 



Lachmis platanicola u. sp. [p. 198], abundant in 1882 on sycamore trees; de- 

 scription of the species ; attraction of great numbers of insects to its sac- 

 charine exudations, and growth of Fumago salicina upon these exudations. 



2139. [RILEY, C. V.] Trogoderma tarsale as a museum pest. <Amer. 



Nat., February [31 January], 1883, v. 17, p. 199. 

 Notice of paper of F. H. Snow ; remarks on the abundance and ravages of 

 Trogoderma larsale; habits of its larva. 



