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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 
2235. Kiley, 0. V. Entomological notes of the year. <Prairie 
Farmer, 24 November, 1883, v. 55. S.-b. No. 42, pp. 86-87. 
Progress of experiments for tlie destruction of scale insects, Coccidce; intro¬ 
duction of Aspidiotus rapax into California on apples from New Zealand; 
strawberries injured by Capsus oblineatus [= Lijgus pratensis'] and a myria¬ 
pod in Illinois; occurrence of Leucania nnipuncta in several places, and of 
Cecidomyia destructor in Illinois; extension of culture of Pyrethrum cinera¬ 
rias,folium in California; occurrence of Anarsia lineatella on strawberry- 
plants in Illinois; of Doryphora juncta and Cassida texana on Solarium 
melongena in Georgia ; of Ceresa bubalus on potato-plants in Pennsylvania; 
of Epilachna corrupta on wax-beans, etc. 
2236. Riley, C. V. A satisfactory remedy for melon bugs, flea-beetles, 
etc. <Rural New-Yorker, 3 November, 1883, v. 42. S.-b. No. 
42, pp. 77-78. 
Quinn’s method of sprinkling the vines with a mixture of tobacco water and 
soft soap and then powdering with lime is probably the best general pre¬ 
ventive against Diabrotica vittata and Halticidce ; description of J. M. 
Nicholson’s siphon arrangement by which to keep the vines constantly 
moist with the liquid. 
2237. Riley, C. V. The chinch-bug in New York. <Science, 9 No¬ 
vember, 1883, v. 2, p. 621. Extract : <Sci. Amer., 22 Decem¬ 
ber, 1883, v. 49, p. 384. S.-b. No. 42, pp. 122-123. 
Present outbreak of Blissus leucopterus in New York the result of an increase 
due to favorable conditions rather than an invasion. 
2238. R[iley], C. Y. Insects in relation to agriculture. <Stoddartfs 
Encyloptedia Americana, 1883, v. 1, pp. 135-142, figs. 1-29. 
Chapter 9 of article ‘‘Agriculture.” Brief accounts with numerous illus- 
tratious of the insects named below, and of means against them, with 
cross-references to accounts of other insects in other portions of the work. 
The headings and subjects of the sub-chapters are as follows : 
Importance oe economic entomology. 135 
Insects injurious to fruit and fruit trees : 
Apple curculio (The), Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say, p. 135, fig. 
1—Apple-maggot (The), or “ railroad-worm,” Trypetapomonella 
Walsh, p. 135—White-marked tussock-moth (The), Orgyia leuco- 
stigma Sm. and Abb., pp. 135-136, fig. 2—Apple-tree tent-cater¬ 
pillar (The), Clisiocampa americana Harr., p. 136, figs. 3-4—Fall 
webb-worm (The), Hypliantria textor Harr. [=canea], p. 136, fig. 
5—Oyster-shell bark-louse of the apple (The), Mi/tilaspis pomicor- 
ticis Riley [ =pomorum ], pp. 136-137, fig. 6—Round-headed apple- 
tree borer (The), Saperda bivittata Say [= Candida'], p. 137, fig. 7— 
Flat-headed apple-tree borer (The), Chrysoboihris femorata Fabr., 
p. 137—Spring canker-worm (The), Paleacritavernata Peck, p. 137, 
figs. 8-9—Fall canker-worm (The), Anisopleryx pometaria Harris, 
p. 137, figs. 10-11—Peach-tree borer (The), JEgeria [= Sannina ] 
exitiosa Say, pp. 137-138, fig. 12—Currant-stalk borer (The), 
JEgeria tipuliformis L., p. 138—Imported currant-worm (The), 
Nematus ventricosus Klug. [— ribesii], p. 138, figs. 13-14—Native 
currant-worm (The), Pristiphora grossulariw Walsh, p. 138— 
Snowy tree-cricket (The), (Ecanthus niveus Harr., p, 138, figs. 
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