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Box 9
Container
Contains 5 Results:
“General Index and Supplement to the Reports on the Insects of Missouri,” by Charles Valentine Riley. Bulletin No. 6, U. S.Entomological Commission. Included is a copy of Lowell Lecture Series No. 5, “Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Animals,” (illustrated, 32 pages). Subject: noxious insects, beneficial insects, innoxious insects, 1881-03-24
Series — Box: 9, Folder: 311
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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:
1881-03-24
“U. S. Entomological Commission Circulars 1-12, Bulletins 1-7, 1877 - 81.” Housed in Box 16 - Books. Includes letters of correspondence signed by Riley and others, 1877
Series — Box: 9, Folder: 311a
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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
“Entomology - American Naturalist,” by C. V. Riley, 1881. A series of reprints from the American Naturalist on entomology, by C. V. Riley, illustrated, included are sheets - Applied Entomology - Howard. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 84, pages 212-216 and 237-238. Subject: bee flies, Bombyliidae, grape Phylloxera, army worm, Phylloxera, Ephemerid, Tarentula pikei, Tarentula nidifix, Cynipidai, dimorphism, Hydrophilus triangularis, pyrethrum, grasshopper, Caloptenus spretus, 1881
Series — Box: 9, Folder: 312
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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
“The Cotton Worm,” by Charles Valentine Riley. “Summary of its natural history with an account of its enemies, and the best means of controlling it, being a report of progress of the work of the Commission.” Bulletin No. 3, U. S.Entomological Commission. Two copies, one with Thora Miranda Riley’s book label inside front cover. Subject: moth, Hymenoptera, parasites, arsenical compounds, London purple, pyrethrum powder, kerosene oil, cottonseed oil, carbolic acid, sulphur, sprinkler, duster, atomizer, 1880-01-28
Series — Box: 9, Folder: 313
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:
1880-01-28
“Entomology - American Naturalist, 1881-1883.” A series of reprints from the American Naturalist on entomology, by Charles Valentine Riley, Two copies. Subject: bee flies, Bombyliidae, grape Phylloxera, army worm, Phylloxera, Ephemerid, Tarentula pikei, Tarentula nidifex, Cynipidae, dimorphism, Budrophilus triangularis, butterfly, pryrethrum, grasshopper Calopterus spretus, chalcid pupation, Chalcididae, gall, Isosoma tritici, cotton worm, Microcentrus retinermis, cricket, malodorant, potato beetle, drought, buffalo tree-hopper, Ceresa bubalus, borer, Lepidoptera, cicada, Carabidae, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera, Alaurina prolifera, Physophores, Pennatulida, 1881 - 1883
Series — Box: 9, Folder: 314
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 - 1883