Riley, Charles Valentine. Second Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, and Other Insects of the State of Missouri. Illustrated. Subject: armyworm, picki worm, Phacellura nitidalis, tent caterpillar, Leucania unipuncta, Aphis avenoe, grain plantlouse, thrips, Aphis mali, apple tree planthouse, Pristiphera, onion fly, barklouse, mealworm beetle, Asp. Harrisii, pea bug, Bruchus pisi, asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi, chinch bug, Micropus leucopterus, sweet potato, tortoise beetle, Chaerocampa pampinatrix, satellite sphinx, Philampelus satellitia, abbot sphinx Thyreus abbotti, blue caterpillar, sphinx caterpillar, wood nymph, Eudrya, American procris, Procris, grape root borer, grape seed maggot, cankerworm, Anisopteryx vernota, Isosoma vitis, cabbage worm, tarnished plant bug, Capsus oblineatus, Philenor swallowtail, Papilio philenor, Lepidoptera, cottonwood dagger, Acronucta populi, Missouri bee killer, Asilus missouriensis, goatweed butterfly, Papia glycerium, black breeze fly, Tabanus atratus, 1870

Series — Box: 6, Folder: 244b

Identifier: VIII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919. Much of the correspondence is original; however, several letters are copies of items held by other institutions. Copies are noted as such in the container list.

The nine series of materials focus on the history of entomology and the development of biological control of insects injurious to crops. In addition to professional papers and documents, the collection includes many personal articles such as family photographs, a wedding announcement, Riley's desk, clock, microscope, books, medals, and drawings, a portrait painted by Henry Ulke, known as the painter of the Presidents, and clippings about Riley's untimely death. Riley's talent and experience as a natural history illustrator is a focus of the collection as well.