BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 693 



Charles V. Riley. "Grasshopper" injury — Continued. 



Abstract of paper read before the Ann Arbor meeting of the Am. Ass. Adv. Sci., August 

 28, 1885. 



Discusses the injury done by locusts in 1885, and the probabilities for the next year ; refers 

 to the extensive egg-laying of Galoptenus spretus in Montana and Dakota, and points out the 

 possible danger resulting from the increase of this species ; describes the novel method of poi- 

 soning Melanoplus devastator in California by using a bait composed of arsenic, sugar, bran, 

 and water. 



Charles V. Riley. Some popular fallacies and some new facts regarding Cicada sep- 

 iendedm L. 



Proj. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., xxxiv, August, 1885, p. 334. 

 Author's separate copies published May, 1886. 



A very short abstract of the paper read before the Ann Arbor meeting of the Am. Ass. Adv. 

 Sci. 



Charles V. Riley. On the Parasites of the Hessian Fly. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vm, September 14, 1885, pp. 413-422. Plate XXIII. 



Also as abstract in Proc. Am. Ass. Adv. Sci., xxxiv, August, 1885, pp. 332-334. 



Author's separate copies published May, 1886. 

 John A. Ryder. A new system of oyster-culture. 



Science, vi, No. 147, Nov. 27, 1885, pp. 465-467. 

 John A. Ryder. Success in hatching the eggs of the codfish. 



Science, vn, No. 153, Jan. 8, 1886, pp. 26-28. 



John A. Ryder. A Saunter up the Sandy. 



The American Field, Jan. 23 and 30, 1885, pp. 85-86, and 109-110. 



Describes the experiences of the author in the country around the head of the Big Sandy 

 River, including a trip through the region of moonshiners, the natural bridge of Elliott County, 

 Ky., and other objects in the wonderful natural scenery of the surrounding country. 



John A. Ryder. Protective contrivance for eggs. 



Forest and Stream, 25, No. 5. Aug. 27, 1885, pp. 89-90. 

 John A. Ryder. The oyster problem actually solved. 



Forest and Stream, 25, No. 13, Oct. 22, 1885, pp. 249-250. 

 John A. Ryder. Hatching codfish eggs. 



Forest and Stream, 25, No. 25, Jan. 14, 1886, p. 488. 

 John A. Ryder. The resting position of the oyster. A correction. 



Nature, Nov. 26, 1885, pp. 80-81. 

 John A. Ryder. The swimming habits of the sunfish. 



Science, Aug. 7, 1885, pp. 103-104. 

 John A. Ryder. The development and structure of Microliydea Ryderi, Potts. 



American Naturalist, vol. 19, No. 12, Dec, 1885, pp. 1232-1236. 

 John A.Ryder. The development of the toad-fish. 



American Naturalist, Jan., 1886, pp. 77-80. 

 John A. Ryder. On some points in microtomy. 



Proc. Am. Ass. Adv. Sci., xxxni, 1885, pp. 565-566. 

 John A. Ryder. Answers to questions about fattening oysters. 



Bull. U. S. Fish Com., v, Sept. 28, 1885, p. 416. 

 John A. Ryder. On the availability of embryological characters in the classifica- 

 tion of the Chordata. 



Amer. Nat., Sept., 1885, vol. 19, Nos. 8, 9, pp. 815-819, and Sept., 1885, pp. 903-907. 

 John A. Ryder. On the genesis of the extra terminal phalanges in the Cetacea. 



Amer. Nat., vol. 19, No. 10, Oct., 1885, pp. 1013-1015. 



This note presents the substances of conclusions reacbed by Mr. Ryder in his memoir enti- 

 tled, "On the development of the Cetacea, together with a consideration of the probable ho- 

 mologies of the flukes of Cetaceans and Sireniaus," now in press. 

 John A. Ryder. On the manner in which the cavity of the heart is formed in cer- 

 tain Teleosts. 



Amer. Nat, vol. 19, No. 10, Oct., 1885, pp. 1015-1016. 

 John A. Ryder. The archistome theory. 



Amer. Nat., vol 19, No. 11, Nov., 1885, pp. 1115-1121. 



