Riley, Charles Valentine. Third Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of Missouri. Illustrated. Subject: snout beetles Coleoptera, Curculionidae, plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, hull curculio catcher, apple curculio, Anthonumus guadigibbus, quince curculio, Conotrachelus cradaegi, plum govzer, Anthonomus prunicida, strawberry crown-borer, Analcis fragariae, pea weevil, Bruchus pisi, grain bruchus, Bruchus granarius, American bean weevil, New York weevil, Ithycerus novehoracensis, corn Sphenophorus pulchellus, grapevine, grape leaffolder, Desmia maculalis, Lepidoptera, grapevine plume, Pterophorus periscelidactylus, common yellow bear, Spilosoma virginica, smeared dagger, Acronucta oblinata, Pyramida grapevine worm, Amphipyra pyramidoides, grape root borer, Aegeria polistiformis, spotted pelidnota, Pelidnota punctata, grape vine flea beetle, Llatica chalybea, grapevine coleaspis, Colaspis flonida, grape leaf galllouse, Phylloxera vitifoliae, Colorado potato beetle, Paris green, codling moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, cornworm, Heliothis armigera, army worm, Prodenia autunmalis, appletree tent-caterpillar, American lockey moth, Clisiocampa americana, Clisiocampa sylvatica, webworm, Hyphantria texlor, blue-spangled peach worm, Callimorpha fulvicosta, ash-gray pinion, Xylina cinerea, glossy winged soldier bug, innoxious insects, whitelined morning sphinx, Archippus butterfly, Disippus butterfly, Limenitis dissippus, 1871

Series — Box: 6, Folder: 245a

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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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.