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publican, 14 April, 1876, No. 16843, p. 3, 3 tigs. S.-b. No. 10, 
pp. 173-175; 175-178. 
Causes of tlie death of shade-trees in the city of St. Louis; description, fig¬ 
ures, and natural history of and means against Thyrxdopieryx ephemerce- 
forrnis and Chrysoboihris femorata. 
1473. Riley, C. Y. The locust plague; how to avert it. <Proc. 
Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1875, 1876, v. 24, pp. 215-222. 
Separate: <Salem, April, 1S76, pp. 215-222. 
Extent of the ravages of Caloptenus spretus in 1873, 1874, and 1875; classifi¬ 
cation of and special remarks on the several means to be employed against 
the same; need of more extensive investigation of the insect in its native 
haunts and breeding places. 
1474. R[iley], C. Y. Honey locust weevil. <Colman’s Rural World, 
26 April, 1876. 
Answer to inquiry of E. H. B.; larva of Spermophagus robinice has legs and 
spins a cocoon. 
1475. Riley, C. Y. Apple and peach borers. <Colman’s Rural World 
9 May, 1876. S.-b. No. 16, p. 11. 
Answer to inquiry of F. H.; habits, natural history, and means against Chry- 
sobothris femorala and JEgeria [= Sannina~\ exitiosa. 
1476. Riley, C. V. Notes on the codling-moth. < Col man’s Rural 
World, 17 May, 1876. S.-b. No. 13, p. 153. 
Natural history of Carpocapsa pomonella. 
1477. Riley, C. V. Plums and cotton. <N. Y. Weekly Tribune, 17 
May, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 167. 
Answer to letter of J. C.; a belt of cotton-batting around the trunk of the 
tree is no protection against the injury to plums by Conotrachelus nenuphar. 
1478. Riley, C. Y. Rose-bug remedy. <N. Y. Weekly Tribune, 17 
May, 1876, fig. S.-b. No. 10, p. 167. 
Answer to letter of Mrs. S. P. Smith; description, figure, habits, and preferred 
food-plants pf and means against Macrodactylus subsjxinosus. 
1479. Riley, C. Y. Smut in wheat. <N. Y. Weekly Tribune, 17 May, 
• 1876. S.-b. No. 10, pp. 167-168. Reprint: <Colman’s Rural 
World, 14 June, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 169. 
Critical review of two quoted communications by A. S. and by L. Heskett, on 
the cause of smut in wheat; smut caused by the growth of Ustilago segetum; 
Brachytarsus variegatus breeds in various smuts; description of the beetle. 
1480. [Riley, C. Y.J Potato-beetle; progress. <N. Y. Weekly Tri¬ 
bune, 17 May, 1876. S.-b. No. 10, p. 168. 
Arrival of Doryphora decemlineata at the Atlantic coast; its ravages there and 
means against them. 
1481. Riley, C. Y. Locusts as food for man. <Proc. Amer. Assoc. 
Adv. Sci. for 1875, 1876, v. 24, pp. 208-214. Separate: <Sa- 
lem, May, 1876, pp. 208-214. 
Reference to previous writings on the use of locusts as food for man ; histor¬ 
ical evidence of the extensive use of locusts as food ; methods of preparing 
locusts for food; species used hitherto ; use of Caloptenus spretus ; peculiar¬ 
ities of individual taste or national custom. 
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