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2284. [RILEY, C. V.J Remedies for various insects. <Prairie Farmer, 



26 July, 1884, v. 56, p. 470. S.-b. No. 59, p. 36. 



Comparative efficacy and other qualities of several insecticides, especially 

 arsenical substances, tobacco vapor, petroleum emulsions, and pyrethrum. 



2285. RILEY, C. V. Habits of Grapholitha olivaceana. <Ent. Mo. Mag., 



August, 1884, v/21, p. 67. 

 Grapholitha olivaceana bred from curled tips of Solidago. 



2286. RILEY, C. V. Bhyssa not lignivorous. <Science, 28 November, 



1884, v. 4, p. 486. 

 Parasitic habits of Rhyssa [= Thalessa"} upon Tremex columba. 



2287. RILEY, C. V. The apple-root borer. <Rural New-Yorker, 13 De- 



cember, 1884, v. 43, p. 831. S.-b. No. 63, p. 50. 



Means against the larva of Prionus laticollis. 



2288. RILEY, C. V. A new insect injurious to wheat. <Bull. Brook- 



lyn Ent. Soc., December, 1884, v. 7, pp. 111-112. Separate: 

 <[Brooklyn, N. Y., December, 1884], p. 111. 



Description of larva, pupa, and female imago of laosoma grande n. sp. [p. Ill] 

 reared from wheat stems in Indiana. 



2289. RILEY, C. V. The insects of the year. <Science, 26 December, 



1884, v. 4, pp. 565-568. 

 Entomological calendar for each month of the year. 



2290. EILEY, C. V. On the care of entomological specimens. Sci- 



ence, 9 January, 1885, v. 5, p. 25. 



Reply to editorial comments on the care of entomological specimens in the 

 National Museum. 



2291. RILEY, C. V. Report of the entomologist. <Anu. Rept. [U. S.] 



Commissioner Agric. for 1884, 1885, pp. 285-418, 10 pi. Sepa- 

 rate: < Washington: 31 January, 1885, pp. 9+ pp. 285-418+ 

 pp. 9, 10 pi. 



INTRODUCTION 285 



Scope of the report, 285 Climate and insect phenomena during 

 the year, 285 Silk-culture, 286 Field force of the Bureau, 

 286 Suggested additions to field force, 287 Office force and 

 its work, '287 Trip to Europe, 287 International Forestry Ex- 

 hibition at Edinburgh, 287 Phylloxera in France, 288 Ex- 

 hibitof the Bureau at the New Orleans Exposition, 288 Third 

 report of the United States Entomological Commission, 288 

 Special reports, 288 Suggestions, 288 Illustrations, 288. 



CABBAGE INSECTS \ 289 



Cabbage cnt- worms 289 



General characters, habits, and natural history, 289 Natural en- 

 emies, 290 Damage to cabbage, 290. , 



The dark-sided cut-worm, Agrotis messoria 290 



Synonymy, 290 Spread, 290 Climbing habits, 290 Natural his- 

 tory, 290 Larva and moth popularly described, 290. 



The granulated cut- worm, Agrotis annexa 291 



Spread, 291 Number of annual generations, 21U Hibernation, 

 291 Eggs and early states described, 292. 



The shagreened cut- worm, Agrotis malefida 292 



Distribution, 292 Points of difference from Agrotis annexa, 293 

 Early states described, 293. 



