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Box 8

 Container

Contains 51 Results:

“On the Difficulty of Dealing with Lachnosterna,” by Charles Valentine Riley. From Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. II, No. 1. Subject: whale oil, tobacco soap, London purple, 1891

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 290
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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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: 1891

“The First Larval or Post-Embryonic Stage of the Pea and Bean Weevils,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Reprint from the Canadian Entomologist, vol. XXIV, No. 7. Included are notes on the Margined Soldier Beetle. Subject: Bruchus fabae, Bruchus pisi, soldier beetle, Chauliognathus marginatus, 1892-08

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 291
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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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: 1892-08

“On insects affecting the Agave,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Entomological Society. Included are two articles by Charles V. Riley. (1) A probable Microgaster parasite of Eleodes in the imago stage and (2) Our American ox warbler. Subject: Hypoderma liniata, century plant, 1892-06-15

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 292
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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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: 1892-06-15

“On Certain Peculiar Structures of Lepidoptera,” by Charles Valentine Riley. From Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, vol. II, No. 3. Subject: Pronuba, Prodoxus, Pseudo cenchri, Tegulae, Patazia, 1892-12-24

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 293
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: 1892-12-24

“New Species of Prodoxidae,” by Charles Valentine Riley. From Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, vol. II, No. 3, pages 312-319. Subject: Yuccasella, Pronuba synthetica, Chrysalis, Prodoxus, Yucca, 1892-12-15

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 294
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: 1892-12-15

“Coleopterous Larvae With So-Called Dorsal Prolegs,” by Charles V. Riley. From Proceedings of the Entomological Society, Washington, vol. II, No. 3, pages 319-324. Subject: Coleoptera, Modellistena, Mordella, Oberea schaumii, Cerambycid, 1892-12-31

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 295
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: 1892-12-31

“Report of the Entomologist for 1891,” by Charles Valentine Riley. From the Report of the Secretary of Agriculture. Subject: ladybirds, Hessian fly, cabbage worm, gypsy moth, sugarcane, borer, cornstalk, horn fly, rose chafer, Lachnosterna, bullworm, locusts, white arsenic, paris green, London purple, white hellebore, alkaline, kerosene, pyrethrum, 1892

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 296
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: 1892

“Report of the Entomologist,” by Charles Valentine Riley. From the Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, pages 152-180, illustrated, plates. Subject: potato tuber worm, olive pollinia, Hessian fly, horn fly, ox bot 3159, rose sawfly, American rose slug, rose worm, strawberry weevil, white grub fungus, elm leaf beetle, pea weevil, bean weevil, sugarbeet webworm, shoot borer, pine borer, sugar cane, ox warbler, 1892

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 297
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: 1892

“The Ox Bot in the United States: Habits and Natural History of Hypoderma lineata.” Reprinted from Insect Life, vol. IV, No .9 and 10, 16 pages, 1892

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 298
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: 1892

“Yucca Insects and Yucca Pollination-Notes,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Published in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. VIII, pages 41-54, Plate IX, illustrated. Subject: Pronuba maculata, Prodoxus, Yucca moth, Pronuba, 1893-06-20

 Series — Box: 8, Folder: 299
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: 1893-06-20