Riley, Charles Valentine. Fourth Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of Missouri. Illustrated Subject: Colorado potato beetle, paris green, ladybird, ring-banned soldier bug, codling moth, dotted legged plant bug, Euschistus punctipes, Hippodamia glacialis, army worm, curculio trap, soldier beetle, Telephorus bilineatus, cicada, harlequin cabbage bug, Strachia (Murganita) histrionica, rascal leafcrumpler, Phycita (Acrobasis) nebulo, walnut case bearer, Acrobasis juglandis, apple leaf skeletonizer, Pemplekia hammondi, green apple leaftier, Tortrix cinderalla, lesser apple leaffolder, Tortrix malivorana, apple leaf bucculatrix, Bucculatrix pomifoliella, apple twig borer, Bostrichus (Aphicerus) bicaudatus, grapevine, injurious insects, red shouldered sinoxylon, Sinoxylon basillare, grape disease, grapeleaf galllouse, Phylloxera vitifoliae, silkworm, mulberry silkworm, Lepidoptera bombycidae, Bombyx (Sericaria) mori, cecropia moth, cecropia silkworm, Attacus (Plalysamia) cecropia, Ailanthus silkworm, promethea silkworm, luna silkworm, Attacus (Actias) luna, polyphemus silkworm, Attacus (telea) polyphemus, yama-mai silkworm, Attacus (Antheraea) yama-mai, innoxious insects, horned passalus, Passalus cornutus, leopard moth, Ecpantheria scribonia, Isabella tiger moth, Arctia isabella, 1872

Series — Box: 6, Folder: 245b

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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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