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1432. Riley, C. V. Locusts vs. chinch-bugs. <N. Y. Tribune, 4 Au¬ 
gust, 1875. S.-b. No. 10, p. 40. 
Locust ravages are likely to prevent serious injury by Blissus leucopterus ; the 
latter more noticeable than usual; excessive rains in 1875, also unfavorable 
to the development of Blissus leucopterus. 
1433. Riley, C. V. No locust injury iu Kansas and Missouri this fall. 
<N. Y. Tribune, 1 September, 1875. S.-b. No. 10, p. 166. 
Predicts immunity from attacks of Caloptenus spretus in the fall of 1875 in 
Kansas and Missouri. 
1434. Riley, 0. Y. Prof. Riley and the locusts. <St. Louis Daily 
Globe-Democrat, 4 September, 1875, y. 1, No. 108, p. 3. S.-b. 
No. 10, pp. 158-159. 
Reply to C. A. Davis’s “Prof. Riley and the locusts;” food-plants, habits, 
parasites, and period of development of Caloptenus spretus ; need of more 
extended investigation of this insect in its native haunts and breeding 
places. 
1435. Riley, C. V. The grape-leaf gall. <Cultivator and Country 
Gentleman, 9 September, 1875, v. 40, p. 567. 
Identity of the root and leaf-forms of Phylloxera vastatrix. 
1436. Riley, C. Y. White-grub fungus. <N. Y. Tribune, 6 October, 
1875. S.-b. No. 10, p. 26. 
AnsweFto inquiry of A. C. G.; brief history of Torrubia elongata, a parasite 
of Lachnosterna fusca. 
1437. Riley, C. Y. Flying locusts in Illinois. <Cultivator and Coun¬ 
try Gentleman, 28 October, 1875, v. 40, p. 679. 
Caloptenus spretus confounded with C. femur-rubrum by B. F. J.; C. spretus 
does not occur in Illinois. 
1438. Riley, C. Y. Remarks on canker-worms and description of a 
new genus of Phalcenidcv. <Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 5 
November, 1875, v. 3, pp. 273-280, figs. 14-21. Separate : <St. 
Louis, Mo., 1875, pp. 8, figs. Reprint: <8th Ann. Rept. ' 
State Eut. Mo., May, 1876, pp. 12-18, figs. 3-10. Notice: <Ca. 
Ent., November, 1875, v. 7, p. 219. <Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 
Hist., February, 1876, v.,18, p. 201. 
Treats of Paleacrita [n. g.] veniata and Anisopteryx pometaria ; see No. 1482 
for synopsis of contents. 
1439. Riley, C. Y. Notes on the natural history of the grape Phyl¬ 
loxera, Phylloxera vastatrix , Planchon. <Trans. Acad. Sci. 
St. Louis, 5 November, 18 75, v. 3, pp. 281-287, fig. 22. Ex¬ 
tract: <Amer. Nat., June, 1881, v. 15, pp. 483-484. 
Discovery of the nidus in which eggs are deposited by the winged female of 
Phylloxera vastatrix; development, habits, description, and figures of the 
same; description of the male and of the impregnated egg; figure of the 
male of P. carycecaulis ; summary of the natural history of P. vastatrix. 
1440. [Riley, C. Y.] Grubs and guess-work. <N. Y. Semi-weekly 
Tribune, 12 November, 1875. S.-b. No. 10, pp. 17-18. 
Characterizes some subdivisions of the Lamellicornia by their habits; con¬ 
trasts the larvae, imagos, and habits of Lachnosterna quercina [—fusca] and 
Lygyrus relictus; means against the former. 
