164 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Charles V. Riley. The Greasy cut- worm. Larva of Agrotis ypsilon, Rott. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 294-295 [10-11] ; plate 



2, fig. 2. 



Habits, seasons, food-plants, ravages, enemies, geographical distribution, and synonymy of 

 Agrotis ypsilon; figures and general description of larva and imago ; description of eggs ; fig- 

 ure of head of larva. 



Charles V. Riley. The Speckled cut-worm. Larva of Mamestra subjuncta, G. & R. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), p. 29G [12J ; plate 2, fig. 5. 



Habits, seasons, food-plant (cabbage), enemy (Paniscus geminatus) , and geographical dis- 

 tribution of Mamestra subjuncta; general description of eggs, larvae, and imago ; figures of 

 imago and of details of larva. 



Charles V. Riley. The Glassy cut- worm. Larva of Radena dcvastatrix, Brace. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 296-297 [12-13] ; plate 



3, figs. 3-4. 



Habits, seasons, and food-plants of Hadena devastatrix; figures and general description of 

 larva and imago. 



Charles V. Riley. The Variegated cut-worm. Larva of Agrotis saucia, Treitschke. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 297-298 [13-14] ; plate 

 3, figs. 1-2. 



Habits, place of oviposition, seasons, food-plants, ravages, and geographical distribution of 

 Agrotis saucia,- figures and general description of eggs, larva, pupa, and imago. 



Charles V. Riley. The Dark-sided cut- worm. Larva of Agrotis messoria, Harr. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 290-291 [6-7] ; plate 2, 

 fig. 6. 



Habits, ravages, and geographical distribution of Agrotis messoria,- figures and general 

 description of larva and imago ; references to earlier and fuller descriptions. 



Charles V. Riley. Remedies for Cabbage cut-worms. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 298-300 [14-16]. 

 Notice of means hitherto generally employed against "cut- worms," especially wrapping the 

 .stems of young plants with a leaf or with paper, trapping, ditching, and fall plowing ; the use 

 of poisoned baits found superior to other means. 



Charles V. Riley. The Imbricated snont-heetle, Epicccrus imbricatus, Say. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 300-301 [16-17J, plate 



3. fig. 5. 



Habits, food-plants, ravages, and geographical distribution of«and means against Epica>rus 

 imbricatus; figures of imago; cabbage plants in Massachusetts injured by an Otiorhynchus, 

 which Packard determines as O. picipes, but Riley thinks likely to be either O. sulcatus or O. 

 ligneus. 



Charles V. Riley. The Wavy-striped flea-beetle, Phyllotreta vittata, Fabrieius. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 301-304 [17-20J, plate 8, 

 fig. 6. 



Habits, food-plants, and ravages of and means against Phyllotreta vittata; food-habits of 

 larva; figures and general description of larva and imago; general description of eggs, and 

 detailed description of larva. 



Charles V. Riley. Zimmermann's flea-beetle, Phyllotreta zimmermanni, Crotch. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 304-308 [20-24] ; plate 



4, fig. 1. 



Seasons, food-plants, and parasite of Phyllotreta zimmermanni; food-habits of larva; de- 

 scription of eggs ; detailed descriptions of larva and pupa; figures of larva, pupa, and ? imago, 

 of antenna of rf imago and of mouth-parts of larva ; detailed comparative description of adoles- 

 cent states and imagos of Ph. zimmermanni and Ph. vittata,- distinctive characters of Ph. 

 bipustulata ; geographical distribution of the species of Phyllotreta in North America : food- 

 plants of the genus in Europe ; description of Pleurotropis phyllotreta; n. sp., parasitic on the 

 larva of Ph. zimmermanni. 



Charles V. Riley. The Colorado cabbage flea-beetle Phyllotreta albionica, Le Coute. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), p. 308 [24] ; plate 9, fig. 7. 

 Seasons, food-plants, and habitat of Phyllotreta albionica ; figure and general description of 

 imago ; Ph. oregonensis doubtless affects cabbage on the Pacific coast of United States. 



