BIBLIOGRAPHY OP ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 
35 1 
2363. Riley, C. V.—Continued. 
Reports of Agents—C ontinued. 
Third report on the causes of destruction of the evergreen and other 
forest trees in northern New England. By A. S. Packard. 319 
General review, 320—Condition of the spruce on the coast of Maine, 
321—Exemption from insect attack, 321—Condition of the hack¬ 
matack in 1885, 321—Verification of last year’s predictions, 322— 
The white-pine weevil, 322—Eggs, 322—Larva, 323—Pupa and its 
cell, 323—Distinguished from other species, 323—Life-history in 
brief, 324—Effects of its work, 324—Prevention, 325—The spruce 
Epizeuxis, 325—Discovery of food-plant, 325—Compared with 
otherspecies, 325—Descriptive,326—The spruce plume-moth, 326— 
Habits, 326—Descriptive, 326—The pine Pheocyma, 327—The 
evergreen Cleora, 327—Habits, 327*—Descriptive, 327—The fir 
Paraphia, 328—Descriptive, 328—The spruce Therina, 328—De¬ 
scriptive, 329—The pine Therina, 329—The pine Amorbia, 329— 
The V-marked Caccecia, 329—Habits, 329—Descriptive, 330—The 
hickory Eccopsis, 330—Habits, 330—Descriptive, 331—The varie¬ 
gated Eccopsis, 331—Descriptive, 331—The white-heart hickory 
Gelechia, 331—Habits, 332—Descriptive, 332—The willow Teras, 
332—Descriptive, 332—The purple willow Gracilaria, 332—Habits, 
332—Descriptive, 333. 
Report on experiments in apiculture. By N. W. McLain. 333 
Letter of submittal, 333—Economy in the production of wax, 334— 
Experiments in wax-feeding, 334—Device for feeding sugar syrup 
and for other purposes, 334—Description, 334—Wintering bees, 
335—Loss from thirst, 335 —“ Roaring in the hive,” 336—Device 
for furnishing water, 336—Bees vs. fruit, 336—House built for ex¬ 
periment, 336—Details of experiments, 337—Conclusions, 338— 
Fruits used, 339—Experience of Richard Rees, 339—Artificial 
fertilization, 339—Desirability of accomplishing it, 339—Recent 
experiments, 340—Experiments with larval and pupal queens 
unsuccessful, 340—Experiments with imago queens, 341—Conclu¬ 
sions and ground for hope, 342—Bee forage, 342—Improved races, 
342—Importance of apiculture, 342—Statistics, 343—Necessity 
and scope, 343—Desirability of accurate crop reports of apiarian 
products, 343. 
23G4. Riley, C. V. Miscellaneous notes on the work of the Division 
of Entomology for the season of 1885, prepared by the Ento¬ 
mologist. <Bull. No. 12, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agric. [13 
July], 1886, 46 pp. 1 plate. 
CONTENTS. 
Report on the production and manufacture of Buhach. By D. W. Co- 
quillett. 7 
Additions to the third report on the causes of the destruction of the 
evergreen and other forest trees in northern New England. By A. S. 
Packard, jr. 17 
The periodical Cicada in southeastern Indiana. By A. W. Butler. 24 
Notes of the year... 32 
2365. R[iley], C. V. Hessian-fly. <Suppl. Encyclopaedia Britanuica, 
9th Ed., 1886, v. 3, p. 324, fig. 
Natural history, remedies, and figures of Cecidomyia destructor. 
