228 THE PLUM CURCULIO. 
1874.* Id. — The plum curculio; natural history; and how to catch him. N. Y. Semi- 
Weekly Tribune, May, 1874. 
Natural history of the plum curculio and remedies; figures several stages and 
machines in use. 
1875. Thomas, J. J. — Diseases and enemies of the plum.<4th Rept. Secy. St. Pom. 
Soc. Mich., 1874, pp. 35-36. 
Remedies against the plum curculio. 
1875. Lyon, T. T. — Plums and plum culture in Michigan. <4th Ann. Rept. Secy. 
St. Pom. Soc. Mich., 1874, pp. 237-238. 
Habits of the plum curculio and injuries. 
1875. Cook, A. J. — Insects injurious to the farm, garden, and orchard. <13th Ann. 
Rept, Sec. St. Bd. Agr. Mich., 1874, pp. 133-136, 2 figs., Separate, 1875, 
48 pp., 2 figs. 
1875. Bessey, C. E. — Report on insects injurious to plants and animals of the farm. 
<Rept. Iowa St. Agr. Soc, 1874, pp. 236-238, 1 fig. Separate: Des Moines, 
1875. 
1876. Fernald, Charles Henry. — Destructive insects, their habits, and means of 
preventing their depredations. <3rd Ann. Rept. Sec. Maine St. Pom. Soc, 
1875, pp. 23-24. 
Notes on life history of the plum curculio. 
1876.* Riley, C. V.— Plums and cotton.<N. Y. Weekly Tribune, May 17. 
Reply to inquiries regarding the plum curculio. Bands of cotton around trees. 
1877. Packard, Alpheus Spring. — Report on the Rocky Mountain locust and other 
insects now injuring or likely to injure field and garden crops in the Western 
States and Territories. <Rept. U. S. Geol. Surv., 1875, p. 795. 
Notes on the plum curculio. 
1877. Gott, B. — Report on some of our fruit insect enemies. < Ann. Rept, Ent. Soc 
Ont., 1877, p. 46, 1 fig. 
Observations on the plum curculio. 
1878. Saunders, W. — Annual address of the president of the Entomological Society 
of Ontario. <Can. Ent., vol. 10, p. 187, October; ib., p. 7. 
Notes on the plum curculio. 
1878. Perkins, G. H. — On some of the injurious insects of Vermont, <Bd. Agr., 1878, 
p. 268. 
1879. Gott, B.— Notes of the year.<Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont,, 1878, p. 56. 
Observations on the plum curculio. 
1879.* Riley, C. V. — Preventing rot in plums. <N. Y. Tribune, April 9. 
Propping and jarring recommended against the plum curculio. 
1880. Gott, B. — The plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar). < Ann. Rept. Ent. 
Soc. Ont., 1879, pp. 84-88, figs. 55-57. 
Habits of the plum curculio, injuries, parasites, and remedies. 
1881. Lintner, Joseph Albert. — Insects on plum trees. <Cultivator and Country 
Gentleman, vol. 46, p. 376, June 9. 
The plum curculio recorded attacking cherry. 
1883. Riley, C. V. — Recent advances in horticultural entomology. <Rural New 
Yorker, vol. 42, October 20. Reprint, p. 693. 
Discussion of remedies. 
1883. Weed, Clarence Moores. — Injurious insects new to Michigan. <15th 
Ann. Rept. Sec. St. Hort. Soc, 1882, p. 185. 
Scarcity of curculio noted. 
1883. Devereaux, W. L. — Coal tar for the plum weevil. <Can. Ent., vol. 15, p. 236, 
December. 
Inefncacy of same. 
