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Box 2b
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Lecture I, “Scope and Importance of Entomology,” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Included are drawings. Subject: Arthropoda, worms, Hymenoptera, honey bee, horn tails, Coleoptera, beetles, butterfly, moth, silkworm, Lepidoptera, bug, larvae, Neuroptera, lice, caterpillars, jelly fish, potato beetle, 1891-12-28
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 51
Identifier: II
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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...
Dates:
1891-12-28
Lecture II, “Means of Dealing with our Insect Foes: Insecticides and Insecticide Appliances.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Drawings. Subject: noxious insects, Hessian fly, worm, lice, poison, arsenic, gypsum, resin, larvae, fungicide, beetle, nozzle, 1891-12-31
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 52
Identifier: II
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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...
Dates:
1891-12-31
Lecture III, “Some Natural Checks to Injurious Insects: Some Insect Foes of Cultivated Plants.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Subject: injurious insects, insecticide, parasite, bacteriology, worm, moth, Phylloxera, Hessian fly, Icerya, larvae, Entomophthora, protozoan disease, 1892-01-04
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 53
Identifier: II
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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...
Dates:
1892-01-04
Lecture IV, “Little-Known Facts about Well-Known Household Pests.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Illustrations. Includes two admission tickets for the Lowell Institute lectures, news clippings on the treatment of spiders (California Orchard & Farm, October 1891). Subject: bed bugs, Acanthia lectularia, red ant, Monomorium pharaonish, black ant, Camponotus herculeanus, carpet beetle, buffalo moth, cockroach, Periplaneta orientalis, croton bug, dazflea, Pulex canis, cat flea, fishmoth, Musca harpyia, mosquito, fly, 1892-01-07
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 54
Identifier: II
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...
Dates:
1892-01-07
Lecture V, “Organized Insect Societies, Ants, Bees, and Wasps.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Includes: Report “Social Insects from Psychical and Evolutional Points of View.” By Charles Valentine Riley (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington). Subject: nectar, honey, pollen, Apis, Anthophora, scraper, Italian bees, Ligurian bees, termites, larvae, Arthropods, caterpillars, butterfly, lice, January 11, 1892 and April 1894
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 55
Identifier: II
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...
Dates:
January 11, 1892 and April 1894
Lecture VI, “Gall Insects, Sawflies, Caprification, Parasitism.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Subject: Cynipidae, galls, Cynips, Terebra, borer, Tenthredinidae, lice, bed bug, beetle, larvae, ovipositor, Cynipidae, fly, horntail, caterpillars, bee, worm, Perga, Cephus, Lida, slug, leech, 1892-01-14
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 56
Identifier: II
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...
Dates:
1892-01-14
Lecture VII, “Some Interesting Insects on Various Orders: Our Shade Tree Defoliators, The Gypsy Moth.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Subject: Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, elm leaf beetle, white-marked tussock moth, webworm, canker worm, 1892-01-18
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 57
Identifier: II
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...
Dates:
1892-01-18
Lecture VIII, “Insects & Flowers, Entomophilous and Entomophagous Plants. Insects and Their Relations to Plants.” A series of eight lectures on entomology given at the Lowell Institute. Subject: Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Yucca, larvae, Pronuba, insectivorous plants, Drosera, sundews, moth, butterfly, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Nepenthes, bladderworts, Ultricularia, Pinguicula vulgaris, Cryptogams, Phaenogams, Desmodium, 1892-01-21
File — Box: 2b, Folder: 58
Identifier: II
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...
Dates:
1892-01-21