USNM Curators Annual Reports: Department of Insects, C. V. Riley's Report, 1881

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Charles Valentine Riley (1843-1895) left Britain for America at just seventeen years old. He continued west to Illinois were he became a farm laborer. Four years later he began writing for the agricultural journal "Prairie Farmer" as a reporter and editor of its entomological department. In another four years, Riley was appointed as the State Entomologist of Missouri where, as a leading entomologist, he advocated for research at a national level. In 1878 and 1881, Riley was appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While there, he penned this short report about the U.S. National Museum's insect collections for its Director G. Brown Goode.

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