354 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 
2363. Riley, C. Y.—Continued, 
Silk-culture —Continued. 
Importance of filatures, 216—Establishing of stations, 217—Work 
at Philadelphia station, 217—Work and results at New Orleans 
filature, 217—The Serrell automatic silk reel, 218—Application of 
the saving of this reel to New Orleans figures, 219. 
Work on the Pacific coast. 219 
Last season’s experimental crop, 219—Incorporation of the Ladies’ 
Silk-Culture Society of California, 219—The station at Piedmont, 
219— Proposed work at the station, 220—Work of the State board, 
220— Attempt to form a stock company, 220. 
On the precautions necessary in the production of pure silk-worm 
eggs and in properly wintering them. 221 
Pasteur’s classification of diseases, 221. 
Flaccidity (Flacherie). 221 
Symptoms and consequences, 221—Action of worms, 221— Color, 
221—Odor, 221—Nature and treatment, 222—Microscopic diagno¬ 
sis, 222—The bacillus of flaccidity, 222—Examination of the 
chrysalis, 222. 
P6brine. 223 
Symptoms, 223—The black spots, 223—Microscopic diagnosis, 223— 
Appearance of chrysalis, 224—Tests for the determination of 
pfibrine, 224—Difficulty of using the worm for test, 224—Advantage 
of using the moth, 224—Isolation and examination of the moths, 
224—Maillot’s method, 224—Examination of chrysalides, 224— 
Selection of cocoons, 225—Moth cells, preparation, 225—Fasten¬ 
ings for cells, 225—Preparation of moth for examination, 226— 
The corpuscle of p6brine, 226. 
Wintering the eggs. 227 
Colors of eggs, 227—The micropyle, 227—Proper temperature and 
humidity, 227—Hibernating boxes, 228—Acknowledgments, 228. 
Miscellaneous insects . 228 
Destructive locusts or “ grasshoppers,” Acrididce . 228 
Unusual damage, 228—The Rocky Mountain locust, 228—Proba¬ 
bilities for 1886, 229—The California migratory locust, 229— 
Abundance the present year, 229—The destructive species in 
previous years, 230—Geogra|)hical range, 230—Characters of the 
species, 231—Remedies, 232—New remedy, 232—Nou-migratory 
species, 232—The red-legged locust, 232—The differential locust, 
233—The two-striped locust, 233—The lesser locust, 233. 
The periodical Cicada, Tibicen septendecim . 233 
Preparation of a Bulletin, 233—A seventeen-year and a thirteen- 
year race, 234—Our announcement in 1868,234—Dr. Smith’s man¬ 
uscript, 234—Dr. Phares’s earlier discovery, 234—Two distinct 
forms or varieties; specific value of the different forms, 234— 
First discovery, 234—Points of difference, 235—How the species 
should be catalogued, 235—The long period of underground de¬ 
velopment, 235—The food of the larva, 236—Method of burrow¬ 
ing of the larva, 237—The transformations, 237—Rising of the 
pup®, 237—Five phases of ecdysis, 238—Time required for trans¬ 
formation, 238—The Cicada vs. civilization, 238—Influence of 
domestic animals, 238; of building of towns, 238; of the En¬ 
glish sparrow, 238—Song notes of the Cicada, 239—Notes of other 
insects, 239—First or phar-r-r-r-aoh note, 239—Second note or 
“screech,” 240—Third or “chirping” note, 240—Other notes, 
