BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. G91 



Charles V. Riley. Miscellaneous insects. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agrie ulture, 1885 j pp. 228-289 (22-83); inap 1; 

 plates 1, 5-8. 



Contains divisions and sub-chapters, with the titles given below : Destructive Locusts or 

 " Grasshoppers," pp. 228-233 (22-27), pi. 8; the Rocky Mountain locust, Caloptenus spretus 

 Thomas, pp. 228-229 (22-23) ; tho California migratory locust, Melanoplus devastator, Scudder, 

 pp. 229-232 (23-26); non-migratory species, pp. 232-233 (20-27); the Periodical Cicada, Cicada 

 septendecim, L. and race tredicim, Riley, pp. 233-258 (27-52), map 1, pi. 1, 5 and fig. 1, pi. 6; the 

 Leather-Beetle or Toothed Dei inestes, Dermestesvidpinus, Fabt., pp. 258-264 (52-58), pi. G, fig. 

 2; the Garden Web-Worm, Ewrycreon rantalis, Guen., pp. 265-270 (59-64), pi. 6, fig. 3; tho 

 Dark-sidod Cut- Worm, larva of Agro tis messoria, Harr., pp. 270-275 (64-69), pi. 7, fig. 1; tho 

 Strawberry Weevil, A ntho no mas musculus, Say, pp. 276-282 (70-76), pi. 7, figs. 6 and 7; tho 

 Pear midge or Pear diplosis, Diplosis nigra (?), Meigen, pp. 283-289 (77-83), pi. 7, figs. 2, 3 and 4. 



CHARLES V. Riley. Destructive Locusts or " Grasshoppers." 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885 ; pp. 228-233 (22-27), pi. 8. 

 Appearance of and injury done, in 1885, by Caloptenus spretus, Melanoplus devastator, M. 

 atlanis, M. femur-rubrum; distinguishing characters of the last-named species ; also unusual 

 abundance of other non-migratory species. 



Charles V. Riley. The Garden Web Worm. Ewrycreon rantalis, Guen. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 265-270 (59-64), pi. 5, fig. 3. 

 Great damage done in 1885; general charac t eristics of the different stages; former inju- 

 ries, localities of damage in 1885 ; food plants, habits and natural history ; cocoon ; enemies ; 

 remedies; figures of larva, pupa, imago, details of larva and pupa. 



CHARLES V. Riley. The Dark-sided Cut- Worm. Larva of Agroti* inessoria, Harr. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 270-275 (64-69), pi. 7, fig. 1. 



Injury to onions ; habits aud natural history ; number of broods ; hibernation ; remedies 

 and prevention ; report of John B. Smith ; report of Thomas Bennett ; figures of larva and 

 moth. 



Charles V. Riley. The Strawberry Weevil. Anthonomus musculus, Say. 



Report of Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 276-232 (70-76), pi. 7, figs. 5, 6. 



Past history ; injury in 1885 ; Mr. Smith's observations ; diversity of habit in the genus 

 Anthonomus; natural history of other species of Anthonomus,- incpiilinous species ; specios 

 having different habits ; remedies ; character and synonymy ; description of imago and its vari- 

 ations ; comparison with A. suturalis, figures of imago and strawberry plant infested with the 

 weevil. 



Charles V. Riley. The Pear Midge or Pear Diplosis. Diplosis nigra (?), Meigen. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 283-289 (77-83), pi. 7, figs. 2, 

 3,4. 



Decisive steps for eradication recommended; life history aud habits; one annual genera- 

 tion ; dates of issuance of imago ; parasites ; remedies ; it is probably an introducted species; 

 Schmidberger's account of tho European pear midge ; Dr. J. Mik's opinion ; descriptions of 

 imago, larva and pupa ; classificatory value of the genitalia ; figures of larva, pupa, imago, 

 derails of larva and imago. 



Charles V. Riley. Tho Rocky Mountain Locust, Caloptenus spretus, Thomas. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 228-229 (22-23), pi. 8, fig. 6. 

 Injury in the Northwest ; probabilities for 1886. 

 Charles V. Riley. The Califoruia migratory locust, Melanoplus devastator, Scudder. 

 Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 229-232 (22-26), pi. 8, figs 1,5. 

 Abundance of Melanoplus devastator in Califoruia in 1885; record of previous years; geo-. 

 graphical range ; distinguishing characters of the species; remedies. 



Charles V. Riley. Nou-migratory species (of locusts). 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 232-233 (26-27). 

 Unusual abundance of and injury done, in various parts of the United States, by Melanoplus 

 femur-rubrum, Melanoplus differ entialis, and Melanoplus bivittatus. 



Charles V. Riley. Fourth Report of the United States Entomological Commission, 

 being a revised edition of Bulletin No. 3, and tbe final report on the cotton worm, 

 together with a chapter on the boll worm. By Charles V. Riley, Ph. D. With 

 maps and illustratio us. United States Department of Agriculture (Washington, 

 Government Printing Office, 1885), pp. xxxviii, 399, [147]; sixty-four plates and 

 forty-five figures in the text. 



