BIBLIOGRAPHY OP ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 357 



2363. RILEY, C. V. Continued. 



REPORTS OF AGENTS Continued. 



Third report on the causes of destruction of the evergreen and other 



forest trees in northern New England. By A. S. Packard :. 319 



General review, 320 Condition of the spruce on the coast of Maine, 

 321 Exemption from insect attack, 321 Condition of the hack- 

 matack in 1885, 321 Verification of last year's predictions, 322 

 The white-pine weevil, 322 Eggs, 322 Larva, 323 Fupa and its 

 cell, 323 Distinguished from other species, 323 Life-history in 

 brief, 324 Effects of its work, 324 Prevention, 325 The spruce 

 Epizeuxis, 325 Discovery of food-plant, 325 Compared with 

 other species, 325 Descriptive, 326 The spruce plume-moth, 326 

 Habits, 326 Descriptive, 326 The pine Pheocyma, 327-^The 

 evergreen Cleora, 327 Habits, 327 Descriptive, 327 The fir 

 Paraphia, 328 Descriptive, 328 The spruce Theriua, 328 De- 

 scriptive, 329 The pine Theriua, 329 The pine Amorbia, 329 

 The V-inarked Caccecia, 329 Habits, 329 Descriptive, 330 The 

 hickory Eccopsis, 330 Habits, 330 Descriptive, 331 The varie- 

 gated Eccopsis, 331 Descriptive, 331 The white-heart hickory 

 Gelechia, 331 Habits, 332 Descriptive, 332 The willow Teras, 

 332 Descriptive. 332 The purple willow Gracilaria, 332 Habits, 

 332 Descriptive, 333. 



Report on experiments in apiculture. By N. W. McLain 333 



Letter of subtnittal, 333 Economy in the production of wax, 334 

 Experiments in wax- feeding, 334 Device for feeding sugar syrup 

 and for other purposes, 334 Description, 334 Wintering bees, 

 335 Loss from thirst, 335" Roaring in the hive," 336 Device 

 for furnishing water, 336 Bees vs. fruit, 336 House built for ex- 

 periment, 336 Details of experiments, 337 Conclusions, 338 

 Fruits used, 339 Experience of Richard Rees, 339 Artificial 

 fertilization, 339 Desirability of accomplish i'ng it, 339 Recent 

 experiments, 340 Experiments with larval and pupal queens 

 unsuccessful, 340 Experiments with imago queens, 341 Conclu- 

 sions and ground for hope, 342 Bee forage, 342 Improved races, 

 342 Importance of apiculture, 342 Statistics, 343 Necessity 

 and scope, 343 Desirability of accurate crop reports of apiarian 

 products, 343. 



2364. RILEY, C. V. Miscellaneous notes on the work of the Division 



of Entomology for the season of 1885, prepared by the Ento- 

 mologist. <Bull. No. 12, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agric. [13 

 July], 1886, 46 pp. 1 plate. 



CONTENTS. 

 Report on the production and manufacture of Bahach. By D. W. Co- 



quillett 7 



Additions to the third report on the causes of the destruction of the 



evergreen and other forest trees in northern New England. By A. S. 



Packard, jr 17 



The periodical Cicada in southeastern Indiana. By A. W.Butler 24 



Notes of the year '-- 32 



23G5. R[ILEY], C. V. Hessian-fly. <Suppl. Encyclopaedia Britanuica, 



9th Ed., 1886, v. 3, p. 324, fig. 

 Natural history, remedies, and figures of Cecidomyia destructor. 



