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Answer to letter of J. H. P.; food-plants, habits, and means against Cimbex 
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1381. Riley, C. Y. Black blister-beetles on potatoes. <N. Y. Tribune, 
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Answer to inquiry of A. Barr; ravages of and means against Epicauta puncti- 
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1382. Riley, C. Y. Pear-tree slug. <N. Y. Tribune, 22 July, 1874. 
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1383. Riley, C. Y. The plug-ugly theory. <N. Y. Tribune, 22 July, 
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1384. Riley, C. Y. Cockscomb elm-gall. <N. Y. Tribune, 22 July, 
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1385. Riley, C. Y. Pitcher-plant insects. <Hartford [Conn.] Daily 
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Insect-catching habits of Sarracenia variolaris ; list of its victims; habits 
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1386. Riley, C. Y. On the habits and transformations of Cantlion hud- 
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phagous, 
