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1167. Shimer, H. The wavy-striped flea-beetle. <Amer. Nat., De¬ 
cember, 1868, v. 1, pp 511-517, figs. 1-2. 
Character, habits, and ravages of Phyllotreta striolata [— \rittata ~]. 
1168. Shimer, H. Nature’s method of controlling noxious insects. 
<Trans. N. Illinois Hortic. Soc., 1867-68, pp. 97-101. 
Reprint of Nos. 1163, 1164; scarcity of Missus leucopterus during the summer 
of 1867. 
1169. Shimer, PI. The apple bark louse in 1806.—Birds vindicated from 
the charge preferred against them by the State entomologist. 
<Traus. Illinois State Hortic. Soc., 1868, n. s., v. 2, pp. 227-233. 
Natural history of Aspidiotus conchiformis [= Mytilaspis pomorum\ and of 
Acarus [= Tyroglyphus ] mains ; birds as disseminators of bark lice. 
1170. Shimer, H. Descriptions of two acarians bred from the white 
maple, Acer dasycarpum. <Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc., May, 1869, 
v. 2, pp. 319-320. 
Describes Yasates quadripedes [= Phytoptus quadripcs] and Acarus [= Tyrogly- 
phu8~\ aceris. 
1171. Shimer, H. Insects injurious to the potato. <Amer. Nat., 
April, 1869, v. 3, pp. 91-99, figs. 13-19. 
Habits, characters, injuries, and enemies of Doryphora 10-lineafa; figures of 
all stages and of several adult meloids; ligures several enemies of the 
Doryphora. 
1172. Shimer, H. Notes on Ghermes pinicorticis (“White pine 
louse”). <Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., November, 1869, v. 2, pp. 
383-385. 
Characters and habits; characters of Piueus, gen. nov. [= Chernies] ; ene¬ 
mies and parasite of the Chernies. 
1173. Shimer, H. A summer’s study of hickory galls, with descrip¬ 
tions of supposed new insects bred therefrom. <Trans. Amer. 
Ent. Soc., November-December, 1869, v. 2, pp. 386-398. 
Deals with the characters and habits of several species of Dactylosphaera 
[= Phylloxera] ; synoptic table of their galls; descriptions of the galls, 
the winged adults, and of the mother insects; parasites of the galls and 
of the gall lice. 
1174. Shimer, H. Notes on insects bred from the prickly ash 
( Xantlioxylum americanum). <Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Decem¬ 
ber, 1869, v. 2, pp. 7-8. 
Characters and habits of Liopus xanthoxyli [= fascicularis ] ; notes on Lcevio- 
phlucus adustus, Sacium fasciatum, and Micracis suluralis. 
1175. Shimer, H. A brief extract from notes on grapevine borers. 
<Traus. Amer. Ent. Soc., December, 1869, v. 2, pp. 8-9. 
Habits of Amphicerus bicaudatus, Callidium [= Phymatodes ] amaenus, and 
Lyctus opaculus ; note on parasites found with the borers. 
1176. Shimer, H. Bookworms. <Amer. Ent. and Bot., October, 1870, 
v. 2, pp. 322-324, figs. 200-201. 
Ravages of Ptinus brunneits, Sitodrepa panicea, Carpocapsa pomonella, Aglossa 
pinguinalis , and Celetus eruditus; note on the destructive habits of white 
ants. 
