BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 167 



Charles V. Eiley. The Larger wbeat-slraw isosonia, Isokoma grande, Riley. 



Report of the Entmnologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1F85), pp. 357 -.'!58 [73-7-]] ; plate 

 7 figs. 2-3 ; plate 8, flss. 3-4 



ImpoTtance and convincinjr cliaracter of the proof that Isosoma tritici and I. grande arc pli.yto- 

 pliagic ; figures and descriptions of egg, larva, pupa, and female imago, and of methods of ovl- 

 position of this insect; I. tritici and I. grande probably not dimorphic forms of one species. 



CuAKLES V. Riley. Silk-culfcure. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (ISSO), pp. 359-301 [75-77]. 



lieport of the establishment and doings of the silk division of the bureau of entomology of 

 the TJ. S. Department of Agriculture in 1884; measures taken to secure the distribution of 

 healthy eggs of mulberry silk-motha ; importance of establishing a Government filature and 

 a home market for cocoons; prospective value of the Sorrel silk-reel ; successful establishment 

 of a private filature in Kew Orleans. 



Chaeles V. Riley. Notes of the year. 



Report of the Entomoloqist, Department of Agricxdture, 18S4 (1885), pp. 403-418 [119-134]. 

 Consists of sub-chapters with the titles given below, all cited under the name of C. V. Eiley as 

 author: — Chinch -bug notes, p. 403-405 [119-121. — Notes on the grape phylloxera, p. 40,'5-409 [121- 

 125].— Miscellaneous notes, p. 410-418 [126-134''. 



Charles V. Riley. Chincli-bug notes. 



Report of the Entoinolvgist, Department of Agricidture, 1884 (1885), pp. 403-405 [119-121J. 



Statement and criticism of the views of J. A. Lintner in regard to the abundant and destruc- 

 tive occurrence of Elissus leucopterus in Saint Lawrence County, New York, in 1882 and 1883 ; 

 this occurrence not regarded by author as an "invasion," nor an occasion for serious alarm; 

 author's views confirmed by the events of 1884. 



Charles V. Riley. Notes on the Grape phylloxera. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 40.'j-409 [121-125.] 

 Brief recapitulation of the main facts known concerning Phylloxera vastatrix, which are of 

 importance in determining to what extent international exchange of grape-vino and other cut- 

 tings and plants should be regulated by law ; discussion and decision in regard to the respon- 

 sibility resting upon private parties for the alleged introduction of Phylloxera vastatrix from 

 one grapeiy into another. 



Charles V. Riley. Miseellaueous Dotes. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 410-418 [120-134.] 

 Consists of sub-chapters bearing the following titles : The Box psylla (bund in the United 

 ' States, p. 410 [126].— The dwarfing of oaks by Mallodon mdanopus, Linn., p. 410-411 [126- 

 127].— The Clover-seed midge, Gecidomyia leguminicola, Lintn., p. 411 [127]. — The Potato stalk- 

 weevil, Trichobaris trinoiatus,Siij,ix 4U [127].— The Eed-humped prominent, Oedemasia con- 

 CMina, Smith and Abbot, p. 411 [127]. — The Varying a-aomala, Anom.ala variant Tnhv. p. 412 

 1 128].— "White-lined morning-sphinx, DeiUplnla Ivneata Fabr., p. 412 [128] — The Apple-tree 

 Tent-caterpillar, Glisioeampa americana (?) Harr., p. 412-413 [128-129].— Corn bill-bugs, .Sjo/je- 

 nophorus rohust.us Horn, and S. sculptilis Ulilcr., p. 413 [129].— A swarming niito, Brgobiaap., 

 p. 413 [129]. — Now enemy to white losea. Euphoria ke^'nii B.a.]d., -p. 4V6 [129]. — A beetle iujurin"- 

 peach leaves, Pristoeelis atcr Bland., p. 413 [129].— Voyle, J. Effect of cold on eggs of bark-lice, 

 p. 413-414 [129-130.]— Ravages of grain weevils in Florida, probably Calandra oryzce, p. 414 

 [130].— Fuller's rose-beetle, Anomopactus fulleri, Horn., p. 414 [1301.— The Blood-sucking 

 conorhinus, Conorhinus sanguisuga, Leconte, p. 414-415 [130-131].— JonNSON, L. C. The 

 catalpa sphinx, Sphinx catalpce, p. 415 [131].— Notes on cotton-worms, p. 415, 416 [131-132|.— 

 Pyrethrum, p. 416 [132].— Muetfeldt, M. E. Notes from Missouri, p. 41C-418[132-]34]. 



Charles V. Riley. The collection of insects in the National Museum. 



Science, v, March, 1885, pp. 188-189. 



Reply to criticisms in C. H. Fernald's "On the care of entoiuological museums," {op.cit., 

 Jan. 9, 1885, V, p. 25) of the provisions made for the care of entomological collections in the 

 IT. S. National Museum ; these collections cared for by the Entomologist of the Department of 

 Agricultvire, and by his assistants when necessary, and provided for by annual appropriations 

 of Congress. 



Charles V. Riley. A note from Prof. C. V. Riley. 



Rural Neiv-Torker, xliv., March 14, 1885, p. 170. 



Appreciationof value of itttraZ JV«w-roj'icj'; need of reform in U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture ; "the little really important original research done in the Department should, I think, 

 have all the more appreciation because of the diflicultios and discouragements under which 

 it is done." 



