BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 123 
1059. Riley, C. V.—Continued. 
Insect enemies of the honey-bee— Continued. 
The bee-killer, Promachus apivorus . 168 
It is an Asilid fly, 168—Mr. Thompson’s account of the fly, 168— 
How it captures and kills bees, 168—No remedy known, 168. 
BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 
The rear-horse, alias camel-cricket, alias devil’s riding-horse, 
Phasmomantis Carolina . 169 
Its food, 169—How it grasps its prey, 169—Difference in the sexes, 
170 — The larva, 170—The egg-mass, 170 — The mode of egg-lay¬ 
ing, 170—Voracious disposition of the Mantis, 171—Its beneficial 
influence, 171—Trachina parasite of the Mantis, 171. 
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INNOXIOUS INSECTS. 
The Solidago gall-moth, Gelechia gallmolidaginis . 173 
Gall caused by Trgpeta solidaginis, 173—Gall produced by the Soli¬ 
dago gall-moth, 173- Its natural history, 173—Provision of the 
larva for its protection within the gall, 174—Previous account of 
the gall, 174—Gall caused by Cochylis kilarana on Artemisia cam- 
pestris, 175 — Description of the Solidago gall-motli as larva, 
chrysalis, and imago, 175— Parasites attacking it, 175; the in¬ 
flating chalcis, 176; Eurytoma bolteri, n. sp., 176; Hemiteles (?) 
, cressonii, n. sp., 177; Microgaster gelechiw, n. sp., 177; other 
parasites, 178— Oberea larvae intruding in the gall, 178. 
The chickweed [=knotweed] Geometer, Hcematopis grataria _ 179 
Its natural history, 179— Description of larva and chrysalis, 179. 
The thistle plume, Platyptilus carduidactylus . 180 
Work of its larva on thistle-heads. 180—Description of the larva, 
chrysalis, and imago, 180. 
1060. Riley, C. Y. Eggs of the Mantis or rear-horse <Moore’s 
Rural New Yorker, 10 April, 1869, v. 20, p. 234, 2 figs. S.-b. 
No. 3, p. 52. 
Answer to inquiry of T. C. Bartle; description of Mantis [= Phasmomantis'] 
Carolina ; its food, habits, oviposition, and parasites ; figures its egg-masses 
and those of Phylloptera \ L Amblycorypha~\ oblongifolia. 
1061. Riley, C. Y. Native bark-lice on apple-trees. <Prairie Farmer, 
17 April, 1869, [v. 39], n. s., v. 23, p. 122, 1 fig. S.-b. No. 3, p. 
57. 
Answer to inquiry of T. B. Gardner; life history of and means against Dias- 
pis harrisii [= Chionaspis furfurus\ ; figure of the same. 
1062. Riley, C. Y. Curculio. <Prairie Farmer, 17 April, 1867, [v. 39], 
n. s., v. 23, p. 122. S.-b. No. 3, p. 57. 
Answer to inquiry of James Weed ; habits of and means against Conotrachelus 
nenuphar. 
1063. Riley, C. Y. Cherry-tree borers. < Prairie Farmer, 17 April, 
1869, [v. 39], n. s., v. 23, p. 122. S.-b. No. 3, p. 57. 
Answer to inquiry of Onargo Horticultural Society; larvae of Buprestis 
[=Dircera] divaricata and of Trochilium sp., injurious to cherry-trees ; soft- 
maple attacked by T. \=.2Egeria\ acerni\ means against these insects. 
