354 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



2363. KILEY, C. V. Continued, 

 SILK-CULTURE Continued. 



Importance of filatures, 216 Establishing of stations, 217 Work 

 at Philadelphia station, 217 Work and results at New Orleans 

 filature, 217 The Serrell automatic silk reel, 218 Application of 

 the saving of this reel to New Orleans figures, 219. 



Work on the Pacific coast 219 



Last season's experimental crop, 219 Incorporation of the Ladies' 

 Silk-Culture" Society of California, 219 The station at Piedmont, 

 219 Proposed work at the station, 220 Work of the State hoard, 

 220 Attempt to form a stock company, 220. 



On the precautions necessary in the production of pure silk-worm 



eggs and in properly wintering them ^ 221 



Pasteur's classification of diseases, 221. 



Flaccidity (Flacherie) 221 



Symptoms and consequences, 221 Action of worms, 221 Color, 

 221 Odor, 221 Nature and treatment, 222 Microscopic diagno- 

 sis, 222 The bacillus of flaccidity, 222 Examination of the 

 chrysalis, 222. 



Pe"brine ; 223 



Symptoms, 223 The black spots, 223 Microscopic diagnosis, 223 

 Appearance of chrysalis, 224 Tests for the determination of 

 p6brine, 224 Difficulty of using the worm for test, 224 Ad vantage 

 of using the moth, 224 Isolation and examination of the moths, 

 224 Maillot's method, 224 Examination of chrysalides, 224 

 Selection of cocoons, 225 Moth cells, preparation, 225 Fasten- 

 ings for cells, 225 Preparation of moth for examination, 226 

 The corpuscle of pe"brine, 226. 



Wintering the eggs.. 227 



Colors of eggs, 227 The micropyle, 227 Proper temperature and 

 humidity, 227 Hibernating boxes, 228 Acknowledgments, 228. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS 228 



Destructive locusts or "grasshoppers," Acrididce 228 



Unusual damage, 228 The Rocky Mountain locust, 228 Proba- 

 bilities for 1886, 229 The California migratory locust, 229 

 Abundance the present year, 229 The destructive species in 

 previous years, 230 Geographical range, 230 Characters of the 

 species, 231 Remedies, 232 New remedy, 232 Non-migratory 

 species, 232 The red-legged locust, 232 The differential locust, 

 233 The two-striped locust, 233 The lesser locust, 233. 



The periodical Cicada, Tibicen septendecim 233 



Preparation of a Bulletin, 233 A seventeen -year and a thirteen- 

 year race, 234 Our announcement in 1868, 234 Dr. Smith's man- 

 uscript, 234 Dr. Phares's earlier discovery, 234 Two distinct 

 forms or varieties; specific value of the different forms, 234 

 First discovery, 234 Points of difference, 235 How the species 

 should be catalogued, 235 The long period of underground de- 

 velopment, 235 The food of the larva, 236 Method of burrow- 

 ing of the larva, 237 The transformations, 237 Rising of the 

 pupae, 237 Five phases of ecdysis, 238 Time required for trans- 

 formation, 238 The Cicada vs. civilization, 238 Influence of 

 domestic animals, 238; of building of towns, 238; of the En- 

 glish sparrow, 238 Song notes of the Cicada, 239 Notes of other 

 insects, 239 First or phar-r-r-r-aoh note, 239 Second note or 

 "screech," 240 Third or "chirping" note, 240 Other notea, 



