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Box 8
Container
Contains 51 Results:
“Destruction of the Young or Unfledged Locusts.” Bulletin of the United States Entomological Commission. United States Department of Interior, No.1, 2d ed., 1877
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 264
Identifier: VIII
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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:
1877
Riley, Charles Valentine. Ninth Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, and other Insects of the State of Missouri. Subject: currant worm, gooseberry worm, gooseberry span-worm, Eufitchia ribearia, Nematus ventricosus, Pristiphora grossulariae, strawberry worm, Emphytus maculatus, Abbots white pine worm, Lophyrus abbotii, Le Conte’s pine worm, Lophyrus Le Conte, Colorado potato beetle, army worm, Leucania unipuncta, wheathead army worm, Leucania albilinea, Rocky Mountain locust, Caloptenus spretus, Anthomyia egg parasite, Anthonyia radicum, Hellgrammite, Corydalus cornutus, Yucca borer, 1877
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 265
Identifier: VIII
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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:
1877
“The Rocky Mountain Locust. Remedies and Devices for its Destruction,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Illustrated, pages 351-420, extracted from the First Report of the United States Entomological Commission. Subject: Drum locust crusher, Simpson locust crusher, Haas locust crusher, Hansberry crusher, Peteler machine, King suction machine, Flory locust machine, Canfield locust pan, Adams locust pan, coal tar, Anderson coal oil contrivance, Robbins coal tar pain, Riley locust catcher, Wilson-Rhode locust catcher, Godard locust catcher, Benson locust catcher, Hutchins locust catcher, Sylvester locust catcher, paris green, 1878
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 266
Identifier: VIII
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:
1878
Riley, Charles Valentine. The Locust Plague in the United States: Being more particularly a treatise on the Rocky Mountain Locust or so-called grasshopper, as it occurs east of the Rocky Mountains, with practical recommendations for its destruction. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. Included is a 4 x 5 negative of the title page. two copies: one has “the Locust or Grasshopper Plague” on spine and picture of grasshopper on the over, the other has “Locust Plague” on spine. Housed in Box 16-Books, 1877
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 266a
Identifier: VIII
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:
1877
“The Silkworm - Manual of Instructions for the Production of Silk.” Department Of Agriculture Special Report No.11, 5th ed., illustrations. Included are samples of unprocessed silk. Subject: silk culture, cocoons, Moth Sericaria mori, mulberry silkworm, Lepidoptera, Bombycidae, chrysalis, Muscardine, Botrytis bassiana, fungus, Pebrine, Psoryspermiae, Osage orange, Lombardy, Mon, Lepidoptera, spinneret, 1884
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 267
Identifier: VIII
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:
1884
“Notes on the Aphididae of the United States. With descriptions of species occurring west of the Mississippi,” by Charles Valentine Riley and J. Monell. Extracted from the Bulletin of the Survey, vol.5, No. 4, illustrated, 32 pages, plate I-II. Subject: Schizoneura americana, Colopha ulmicola, Pemphigus populimonilis, Hormaphis spinosus, Pemphigus populitransversus, Pemphigus populiramulorum, Pemphigus acerifola, Pemphigus fraxinifolii, 1879-01-22
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 268
Identifier: VIII
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:
1879-01-22
“The Rocky Mountain Locust. Further Facts About the Natural Enemies of Locusts,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Extracted from the Second Report of the United States Entomological Commission, illustrated, pages 259-271. Subject: blister beetle, soldier beetle, Asilid flies, bee fly, Bombyliidae, Systaechus oreas, Triodites mus, 1880
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 269
Identifier: VIII
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:
1880
“Retarded Development in Insects: On the Oviposition of Prodoxus decipiens, New Insects Injurious to Agriculture,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol. XXX, Cincinnati Meeting. Subject: Rocky Mountain locust, western grasshopper, Catopenies spretus, Pronuba, 1882-02
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 270
Identifier: VIII
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:
1882-02
Klee, W.G. A Treatise on the Insects Injurious to Fruit and Fruit Trees of the State of California. Sacramento: State Office. J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing. Housed in Box 16 - Books. Book given to Charles Valentine Riley by author. Note inside front cover reads, “Professor C.V. Riley, With Compliments of W.G. Klee.” Subject: scale insects, Lepidopterous insects, moth larva, leaf-eating caterpillars, beneficial insects, 1888
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 270a
Identifier: VIII
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:
1888
“Address of Honorable Geo. B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture and Other Proceedings of the Cotton Convention Held in Atlanta, Georgia,” 36 pages. Subject: cotton worm, bollworm, 1881-11-02
Series — Box: 8, Folder: 271
Identifier: VIII
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:
1881-11-02