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2140. [Riley, C. V.] Phylloxera in California. <Amer. Nat., Feb¬ 
ruary [31 JaDuary], 1883, v. 17, pp. 199-200. 
Phylloxera vastatrix iu California is most injurious in moist soils. 
2141. Riley, C. Y. The hibernation of Aletia xylina [Say] in the 
United States a settled fact. <Sci. Amer., 3 February, 1883, 
v. 48, p. 68. S.-b. No. 42, pp. 66-67. Reprint: <Proc. Amer. 
Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1882,1883, v. 31, pp. 468-469. Separate: 
<SaJem, Mass., July, 1883, pp. 468-469. Abstract: <Amer. 
Nat., April [15 March], 1883, v. 17, pp. 420-421. <Nature, 28 
December, 1882, v. 27, p. 214. 
Proof of the hibernation of Aletia xylina as a moth and of the perpetual ex¬ 
istence of the species in Florida. 
2142. [Riley, C. V.] Fostering the study of economic entomology. 
<Rural New-Yorker, 12 February, 1883. S.-b. No. 42, p. 58. 
Reprint: <Amer. Nat., April [15 March], 1883, v. 17, p. 420. 
Efforts of the French for the promotion of economic entomology. 
2143. [Riley, C.Y.] Diseases of the chinch-bug. <Rural New-Yorker, 
17 February, 1883. S.-b. No. 42, p. 58. 
Note concerning paper of S. A. Forbes on two fungus parasites of Blissus 
leucopterus. 
2144. R[iley], C. Y. [Instinct of Cicada [= Tibicen] septendecim.] 
<Amer. Nat., March [21 February], 1883, v. 17, p. 322. 
Remarks on note of E. W. Claypole ; sense of direction in insects. 
2145. [Riley, O. Y.j Food-habits of Megilla maculata. <Amer. Nat., 
March [21 February], 1883, v. 17, pp. 322-323. 
Summary of S. A. Forbes’ observations upon the food of Megilla macxilata', 
results of other observations on this subject. 
2146. [Riley, C. Y.] Clothes-moths observed in the United States. 
<Amer. Nat., March [21 February], 1883, v. 17, p. 323. « 
Notice of paper by C. H. Fernald. 
2147. Riley, O. Y. Entomological notes. <Rural New Yorker, 27 
February, 1883. iS.-b. No. 42, p. 58. See: <Amer. Nat., April 
[15 March], 1883, v. 17, pp. 419-420. 
Abstract of the rules of the international convention at Berne for the pre¬ 
vention of Phylloxera ravages ; their adoption by Belgium. 
2148. Riley, C. Y. Notice of an illustrated essay on the Noctuidcc of 
North America. <Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., February, 1883, v. 
5, pp. 77-79. Separate: <[Brooklyn, N. Y., 1883], 4 pp.. 
Critical review of A. R. Grote’s essay. 
2149. Riley, O. Y. Concerning canker-worms. <Indiana Farmer, 3 
March, 1883. S.-b. No. 56, p. 69. <Prairie Farmer, 3 March, 
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S.-b. No. 56, p. 72. <Gardener 7 s Mo. and Hortic., April, 1883, 
v. 25. S.-b.No. 42 a, p. 631. 
Description of Paleacrita vernata and Anisopteryx pometaria; ravages of the 
former; request for information ; method of observation. 
