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2382. Riley, C. V.—Continued. 
Contents—C ontinued. 
A record of some experiments relating to tlie effect of tlie puncture of 
some hemipterous insects upon shrubs, fruits, and grains, 1886. By 
F. M. Webster. 54 
Notes from Missouri for the season of 1886. By M. E. Murtfeldt.. 59 
Apicultural experiments. By N. W. McLain. 66 
2383. Riley, C. Y. A new apple pest. <Sci. Amer., 18 June, 1887, 
v. 56, p. 384. S.-b. No. 61, p. 50. <Colman’s Rural World, 23 
June, 1887, v. 40, p. 185. S.-b. No. 61, p. 112. <GardenePs 
Mo. and Hortic., July, 1887, v. 29, p. 216. S.-b. No. 61, p. Ill ; 
138 j 148. ' 
Food-plants, habits, description of larva and adult of Saltica punctipennis ; 
the species subdued by arsenical poisons. 
2384. Riley, C. V. A destructive cricket in Louisiana. <Florida 
Dispatch, 20 June, 1887, v. 7, p. 576. S.-b. No. 61, pp. 64-65. 
Reprint: <Insect Life, 2 October, 1888, v. 1, pp. 87-88. 
Ravages and means against Gryllus sp., destructive to cotton, peas, tobacco, 
sweet and Irish potatoes. 
2385. Riley, C. Y. Strawberry borers. <Pacific Rural Press, 25 June, 
1887, v. 33, p. 559. S.-b. No. 61, p. 90 ; No. 63, p. 110. 
Letter to I. A. Wilcox ; recommends bisulphide of carbon as a means against 
jEgeria impropria. 
23S6. Riley, C. Y. Life-history of the Icerya. <Pacific Rural Press, 
25 June, 1887, v. 33-34, p. 565; 2 July, p. 9. S.-b. No. 61, pp. 
60-64, 9 figs. 
From advance proof of Report of U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture for 1886. 
See No. 2394 for synopsis of contents. 
2387. [Riley, C. Y.] Cut-worms. <Pacific Rural Press, 25 June, 18S7, 
v. 33, p. 578. S.-b. No. 63, p. 108. 
Means against cut-worms. 
2388. Riley, C. Y. Reports of observations and experiments in the 
practical work of the division made under the direction of the 
entomologist. <Bull. No. 14, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agric. 
[3 August], 1887, 62 pp., 1 pi., 4 figs. 
CONTENTS. 
Introduction...;. 7 
Report on insects injurious to garden crops in Florida. By W. H. Ash- 
mead ... 9 
Report on buffalo gnats. By F. M. Webster. 29 
Native plums. How to fruit them. They are claimed to be practically 
Curculio-proof. By D. B. Wier. 39 
The Serrell automatic silk-reel. By P. Walker. 52 
2389. Riley, O. Y. The Icerya or fluted scale, otherwise known as the 
cottony cushion-scale. <Bull. No. 15, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. 
Agric. [18 August], 1887, 40 pp. <San Diego Union, 16 April, 
1887. S.-b. No. 61, pp. 90-97. <Los Angeles, 13 April, 1887. 
