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2363. Riley, C. V.—Continued. 
Miscellaneous insects —Continued. 
240—Variatipn in time of appearance, 240—Enemies of the 
Cicada, 241—Supposed sting of the Cicada, 241—Oviposition, 
242—Injury caused to fruit trees; remedies and preventive meas¬ 
ures, 242—Small injury in larva state, 243—Destruction of the 
insects as they issue from the ground, 243 ; by Pyrethrum pow¬ 
der, 243 ; by Pyrethrum water, 243 ; by kerosene emulsion, 244— 
Experiments with substances that kill by thwarting exuviation, 
244—Carbolic acid, 244—Acetic acid, 245—Alcohol, 245—To pre¬ 
vent ovipositing, 245—Kerosene emulsion, 245—Consideration of 
the two 1885 broods, 246—Circular letter, 246—Brood VII, 247— 
Brood XXII, 248—Points of contact of the two broods, 249— 
Geographical distribution of Brood VII, 250—Distribution of 
Brood XXII, 251—Summary of distribution and future appear¬ 
ance of different broods, 252—Influence of climate upon the 
races, 254—Experiment in the transfer of eggs, 255—Persons 
assisting, 255—Description of the placing of the different lots of 
eggs, 256—The Cicada in 1886, 257. 
The leather beetle, or toothed Dermestes, Dermestes vulpinua . 258 
Injury to boots and shoes, 258—History of its occurrence at St. 
Louis, 258—Unrecorded points in its habits and natural history, 
259—Food of larvae, 259—The eggs, 259—Growth of larvae, 260— 
The pupa, 261—The beetle, 261—Litigation growing out of its 
injuries, 261—History of the Savannah case, 262—Remedies, 
263— Care and cleanliness, 263—Use of poisons, 263—Descriptive, 
264— Mature larva, 264—Differences between young and old lar¬ 
vae, 264. 
The garden web-worm, Eurycreon rantalis . 265 
Great damage the present year, 265—A wide-spread species, 265— 
Popular descriptions of different states, 265—Former injuries, 
266—Localities of damage in 1885, 266—Food-plants, 267—Habits 
and natural history, 267—Number of annual generations, 267— 
Habits of larvae, 268—Cocoon, 269—Natural enemies, 269—Reme¬ 
dies, 269—Arsenical poisons, 269—Machine for jarring the worms 
from the plants, 270. ' 
The dark-sided cut-worm, Agrotis messoria . 270 
Injury to onions; new habit, 270—Habits and natural history, 
270—Number of broods, 270—Hibernation, 271—Remedies, 272— 
Treatment of land in spring, 272—Poisoned balls, 272—Kerosene 
emulsions, 272—Report of John B. Smith, 273—Report of Thomas 
Bennett, 274. 
The strawberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus . 276 
Past history, 276—In Maryland, 276—In Missouri, 276—In Michi¬ 
gan, 276—Injury in 1885, 276—Damage on Staten Island, 276— 
Habits and natural history, 277—Mr. Smith’s observations, 277— 
Diversity of habit in the genus, 278—Natural history of other 
species of Anthonomus, 278—Impiilinous species, 279—Speices 
having different habits, 279—Remedies, 279—Wolf’s soap, 279— 
Kerosene emulsion, 280—Pyrethrum, 280—Repellants, 280—Char¬ 
acters and synonoiny, 280—Descriptive, 281—Variations of A. 
‘ musculus, 282—Comparative differences between A. musculus aud 
A. suiuralis, 282. 
The pear midge or pear Diplosis, Diplosis pyrivora 
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