724 REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Charles V. Riley. Catalogue of the Exhibit of Economic Entomology at the 

 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, 1884-'85. 



Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, May, 1888, pp. 1-95. 

 A reprint from the plates of the first edition issued in 1884. 



Chahles V. RiLKY. Elm Tree Depredators. 



Press and liegister (ISTewark, New Jersey), May 10, 1888. 



Report of an address before the Newark Board of Trade. A. popular account, principally 

 describing the history of the imported Elm Leaf Beetle, and the means to bo used against it. 

 Arsenical poisons are most reliable. 



Charles V. Riley. The British Pest. Worthlessness of the Sparrow as an Insect- 

 killer. 



National Tribune, April 26, 1888. 



Gives, first, the result of an examination of the stomach contents of 532 sparrows, of which 

 92 only, or 17.6 per cent., contained any insects. These insects examined by the author showed 

 a large preponderance of innoxious or actually beneficial species. All are such as can be 

 readily picked up by the birds in their senrch for their more usual vegetable food. A review 

 of the literature is then given, showing that the general results attained agree with the author's 

 own conclusions, which are that the bird is not only useless, but actually "destructive," as 

 termed by Dr. Merriam, and is essentially graminivorous, not insectivorous. The paper con- 

 tains the substance of a communication made by the author to the Biological Society of Wash- 

 ington. 

 Charles V. Riley. On the Original Habitat of Icerya purchasi. 



Pacific Sural Press, xxxv. May 12, 1888, p. 425. 



A review of the efforts made by the author to fix the original habitat of tlie species, and con- 

 firmation of the original conclusion that Australia is probably its true home. Study of the 

 original types of I. sacchari in Signoret's collection at Paris, and decision that it is distinct 

 from purehasi. 

 Charles V. Riley. Systematic Relations of PJaUjpsyllus, as determined by the 

 larva. 



Scientific American Supplement xxv, June 2, 1888, pp. 10356-1035S, Four figures. 



A complete review of the literature of the subject, and of the opinions held as to its 

 systematic position. Details the recent studies made by Dr. Horn and the author, and freely 

 endorses Dr. Horn's view of the coleopterous nature of the insect, adding additional facts to 

 confirm the same. 

 Charles V. Riley. Report of the Entomologist. 



Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1887, June, 1888, pp. 48-179. Plates l-viii. 



Contains the following: Introduction by C. V. Kiley. A general review of the work of the 

 year, and comments on the articles by special agents, etc. The Chinch Bug {Blissus leucopterus 

 Say), by L. 0. Howard, assistant, with x^lates I and HI, pp. 51-88. The Codling Moth (Carpocapsa 

 2Jomonella L.), by L. 0. Howard, with plate li, pp. 88-115. Silk Culture; report of the year's 

 operations, made to the Entomologist, by Philip Walker, agent in charge, pp. 115-122, plates 

 VII and VIII. Reports of agents. Report on the Gas Treatment for Scale Insects, by D. W. 

 Coquillett, special agent, pp. 123-142, plates iv-vi. Report on Experiments against Scale In- 

 sects, by Albert Koebele, special .agent, pp. 143-147. Report on the Season's Observations, 

 and especially upon Corn Insects, by F. M. Webster, special agent, pp. 147-154. Report upon 

 the Insects of the Season in Iowa, by Herbert Osboin, special agent, pp. 154-164. Report on 

 the Season's Observations in Nebraska, by Lawrence Bruner, special agent, pp. 164-170. 

 Report on Experiments in Apicultirre, by N. W. McLain. apicultural agent, pp. 170-178. 

 W. E. D. Scott. On the Avifauna of Pinal County, with remarks on some Birds of 

 Pima and Gila Counties, Arizona (with annotations by J. A. Allen). 



The Auk, v, pp. 159-168. 



Compared with material in the National Museum. 



Newton P. Scudber. The Salt-Halibut Fishery, with especial reference to that of 

 Davis' Straits. 



The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, Section v, vol. i, 1887, pp. 90-119, 

 Henry Seebohm. The | Geographical Distribution | of the Family | Charadriidse, 

 I of the I Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, | and their Allies. | By | Henry Seebohm, | 

 Author of "Siberia in Europe," " Siberia in Asia," " Catalogue of the Birds in 

 the British Museum" (vol, v), | "A History of British Birds, with coloured Illus- 

 trations of their Eggs," etc. I [Wood-cut] Loudon.: | Henry Sotheran & Co., | VM) 

 Strand, W. C, and :56 Piccadilly, W. | Manchester," 49 Cross Street, 



