BIBLIOGRAPHY OF tl. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 167 



Charles V. Riley. The Larger wheat-straw isosoma, Isosoma grande, Riley. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 357-358 [73-71 1 ; plate 

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



Inipoitance and convincing character of the proof that Isosoma tritici said I . grande arephyto- 

 phagic ■, figures and descriptions of egg, larva, pupa, and female imago, and of methods of ovi- 

 position of thiH insect; I. triiici and I. grande probably not dimorphic forms of one species. 



Chaki.es V. Riley. Silk-culture. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 359-361 [75-77]. 

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

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

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

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

 of a private filature in New Orleans. 



Charles V. Riley. Notes of the year. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 403-418 [119-134]. 

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

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

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



Charles V. Riley. Chiuch-bug notes. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 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 Blissus 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. 405-409 [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-vine 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 grapery into another. 



Charles V. Riley. Miscellaneous notes. 



Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 1884 (1885), pp. 410-418 [126-134.]* 

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

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

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

 weevil, Trichobaris trinotatus, Say, p. 411 [127]. — The Red-humped prominent, Oedemasia con- 

 cinna, Smith and Abbot, p. 411 [127]. — The Varying anomala, A nomala various Fabr. p. 412 

 1 128].— White-lined morning-sphinx, Deilephila lineata Fabr.,p. 412 [128] — The Apple-tree 

 Tent-caterpillar, Clisiocampa americana (?) Han., p. 412-413 [128-129].— Corn bill-bugs, Sphe- 

 nophorus robust us Horn, and S. sculptilis TJhler., p. 413 [129]. — A swarming mite, Bryobia sp. , 

 p. 413 [129]. — New enemy to white roses, Euphoria Icernii Hald., p. 413 [129]. — A beetle injuring 

 peach leaves, Pristocelis ater Bland., p. 413 [129].— Yoyle, 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 [130]. — The Blood-sucking 

 conorhinus, Conorhinus sanguisvga, Leeonte, p. 414-415 [130-131].— Johnsox, L. C. The 

 catalpa sphinx, Sphinx catalpce, p. 415 [131]. — Notes on cotton-worms, p. 415, 416 [131-132 1.— 

 Pyrethrum, p. 416 [132].— Murtfeldt, M. E. Notes from Missouri, p. 416-418[132-134]. 



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 entomological museums," (op.cit., 

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

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

 Agriculture, 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 New-Yorker, xliv., March 14, 1885, p. 170. 



Appreciation of value of R uralNew- Yorker; need of reform in TJ. 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 difficulties and discouragements under which 

 it is done." 



