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Bulletin 267 Q 11 U563 tfiftf!r^rt»iW»{!&!.ii'.i::-t;i:';'i!.'i'i CRLSSI ;>!r,iy)i;v;;a'lPPTfV>rfffmiwiWrr,> SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION MUSEUM O F NATURAL HISTORY For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Qovernment Printing OflSce Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 45 cents (paper cover) UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 267 Bibliography and Index to Scientific Contributions of Carl J. Drake for the Years 1914-1967 FLORENCE A. RUHOFF United States National Museum SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. 1968 Publications of the United States National Museum The scientific publications of the United States National Museum include two series, Proceedings of the United States NaUonal Museum, and United States National Museum Bulletin. In these series are published original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of the Museum and setting forth newly acquired facts in the field of anthropology, biology, geology, history, and technology. Copies of each publication are distributed to libraries and scientific organizations and to specialists and others interested in the various subjects. The Proceedings, begun in 1878, are intended for the publication, in separate form, of shorter papers. These are gathered in volumes, octavo in size, with the publication date of each paper recorded in the table of contents of the volume. In the Bulletin series, the first of which was issued in 1875, appear longer, separate publications consisting of monographs (occasionally in several parts) and volumes in which are collected works on related subjects. Bulletins are either octavo or quarto in size, depending on the heeds of the presentation. Since 1902, papers relating to the botanical collections of the Museum have been published in the Bulletin series under the heading Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. (This work forms number 267 of the Bulletin series. Frank A. Taylob Director, United States National Museum U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1968 CONTENTS Page Biographical Introduction vii Bibliography 1 Index 27 CARL JOHN DRAKE 1885-1965 During the 51 years of his life as an entomologist, Carl J. Drake made a lasting impression with his work and contributions to the knowledge of Hemiptera, The family Tingidae was his first love, with semi-aquatic and aquatic groups not far behind; he made some scientific contribution, however, to almost every major family of the Hemiptera, His magnificent collection and library are housed in the United States National Museum. Dr. Drake was bom and raised on a farm in Eagleville, Ohio, on 28 July 1885, and died in Washington, D.C., on 2 October 1965. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Pedantics degrees at Baldwin-Wallace College (1912) then, at Ohio State University, earned the degreesof Master of Arts (1914) and Doctor of Philosophy (1921). As a graduate student and until 1922 he was on the staff of Syracuse University. As head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (1922-1946), his positions included those of State Entomologist and head of the Entomology Section of the Agriculture Experiment Station through the depression and war years. This was a most difficult period in the history of mid- western agriculture because of drought, grasshopper plagues, chinch bug outbreaks, and the destruction of crops by Hessian flies, army worms, and the European com borer. Dr. Drake's superior entomological knowledge aided him in combating these pests both biologically and chemically. Paper barricades and creosote stopped the flightless immature chinch bugs from migrating from infested fields to fresh crop fields. A statewide poison-bran project destroyed the grasshoppers and "fly free date" planting methods helped the wheat crop escape damage from the Hessian fly. He educated the general public to the problem at hand and worked in close cooperation with the farmer and local, state, and federal governments to bring Iowa and the Nation through these crises. vu In 1946 Dr. Drake was relieved of all these responsibilities and concentrated on the taxonomy of Hemiptera. The title of Honorary Research Associate of the U.S. National Museum was bestowed upon him in 1957, and he was then able to devote his time entirely to research. A bachelor whose life centered around his work, he spent twelve hours a day at the museum, six and a half days a week, (How disappointed he was to learn the museum was closed on Christmas day.') Most of his efforts were directed toward the description of new genera and species. He enjoyed having these illustrated by talented scientific artists. The morphological study of the family Tingidae (Drake and Davis, 1960) and the catalog of the Tingidae (Drake and Ruhoff, 1965) are a memorial and tribute to Carl J. Drake, who was the author of the overwhelming majority of tingid taxa. This paper consists of Carl J. Drake's complete bibliography and an index to new names introduced by him. Many of his 519 papers, which were written while he was state entomologist, concern the agricultural and economic problems of insect pests. These papers are not indexed herein since no new names were introduced in them. Two comprehensive obituaries of Dr. Drake have been published: GURNEY, A. B., KRAMER, J. P., and WIRTH, W. W. 1966. CarlJohn Drake 1885-1965. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 63-71, 2 photographs FROESCHNER, R. C. 1966. Carl John Drake 1885-1965. Ann. Ent. Soc. America, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1028-1029, photograph vui BIBLIOGRAPHY The author is Carl J. Drake unless otherwise specified. 1914 1. An occurrence of AtypUS milhevti Walck. in Ohio. Ohio Nat., vol. 14, no. 4, p. 251. Z. The food of Rana pipiens Shreber. Ohio Nat., vol. 14, no. 5, p. 257-269. 1915 3. Additions and notes on the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Ohio. (With H. Osborn.) Ohio Nat., vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 501-508, 2 figs. 4. Records of Guatemalan Hemiptera-Heteroptera with descriptions of new species. (With H. Osborn.) Ohio Nat., vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 529-541. 1916 5. A new tingid from Tennessee. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 326-328, 1 fig. 6. The Tingitoidea or "lace bugs" of Ohio. (With H. Osborn.) Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull. 8, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 217-251, 9 figs., 4 pis. 7. Some new species of Nearctic Tingidae. (With H. Osborn.) Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 9-15, 3 figs. 1917 8. A survey of the North American species of Mevvagata. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 101-105, 1 fig. 9. New and noteworthy Tingidae from the United States. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 213-216. 10. Key to the nearctic species of Gargaphia with the description of a new species (Henn.-Het.). Ent. News, vol. 28, pp. 227-228. 11. Notes on American Tingidae with descriptions of new species. (With H. Osborn.) Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 295-307, 2 figs. 12. The North American species of Monani/zza( Tingidae). Bull. Brook- lyn Ent. Soc, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 49-52, 1 fig. 13. Notes on Tingidae. (With H. Osborn.) Psyche, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 155-161, 2 figs., 1 pi. 1918 14. Two new tingids from the West Indies (Hem.-Het.). Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 174-176. 15. The North American species of Teleonemia occurring north of Mexico. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 323-332. 16. A new corn insect fron^ California (Heteroptera). Journ. Econ. Ent., vol. 11, no. 4, p. 385. 17. Notes on North American Tingidae (Hem.-Het.). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 13, pp. 86-88. U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 267 The genus Covythucka Stal (Tingidae: Heteroptera). (E. H. Gibson.) Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 44, no. 775, pp. 69-104. 1919 18. On son^e North American Tingidae (Hemip.). Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 417-421. 19. An undescribed Teleonemia from Florida and Jamaica (Hemip.). Florida Buggist, vol. 3, pp. 24-25. 20. Anew species of Ke/za from Florida (Henn. Het.). Florida Buggist, vol. 3, pp. 122-123. 21. On some Tingidae new to the fauna of Canada (Hemip.). Canadian Ent., vol. 51, pp. 159-160. 1920 22. Descriptions of new North American Tingidae. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 49-54. 23. An undescribed water-strider fronn the Adirondacks. Bull. Brook- lyn Ent. Soc, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 19-21. 24. The southern green stink-bug in Florida. Quart. Bull. State Plant Bd. Florida, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 41-94, figs. 6-38. 25. Water striders new to the fauna of Ohio, including the descriptions of a new species. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 205-208. 1921 26. Notes on some American Tingidae, with descriptions of new species. Florida Ent., vol. 4, pp. 49-54, 1 pi. 27. A new ambrosia beetle from the Adirondacks; notes on the work of Xyloterinus politus Say. Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 201-205, 1 fig. 28. A new species oi Pachycysta (Hem.-Het.). Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 344-345, 1 fig. 1922 29. On some North and South American Tingidae (Hemip.). Florida Ent., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 37-43, 48-50, 1 fig. 30. A new species of Plea (Hemiptera- Notonectidae). Ohio Journ. Sci., vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 114-116, 1 fig. 31. The genus Dicysta Champion (Hemiptera). Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 13, nos. 3-4, pp. 269-273, 1 fig. 32. Neotropical Tingitidae with descriptions of three new genera and thirty-two new species and varieties (Hemiptera).
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