182 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



Type deposited in the Cornell University collection. 



According to Girault's table of the North American species of 

 Anagrus (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, XXXVII, pp. 297-298, 1911;, this 

 species runs to A. sagi Gi ault. The two species may be separated 

 by the following characters: 



1. Species entirely dusky black; funicle segments of the antenme 



all shorter and much smaller than the pedicle; scape and 

 pedicle subequal; tips of tibiae pallid saga Girault. 



2. Species black except for tip of abdomen, which is slightly tinged 



with yellowish; funicle segments of antennae same size as 

 scape, except first and second; scape and pedicle unequal; 

 tips and base of tibiae pallid ovijentatus, n. sp. 



BOOK RE VI FAYS. 



The Chinch Bug. By T. J. Headlee and J. W. McColloch, Agr. 

 Expt. Sta., Manhattan, Kansas. Bui. 191, p. 287-353, 1913. 



This bulletin sums up the results of several years' careful 

 study of the Chinch Bug and the various means of control. The 

 much-debated question of the value of the artificial distribution of 

 the fungus diseases, especially Sporotrichum globuliferum, which 

 attack the bugs, has been given much attention, and in order that 

 the conclusions reached might be based on sound grounds, a study 

 of the life-history of the fungus itself in its relation to temperature, 

 moisture and various hosts was carried out. From their study of 

 the life economy of the Chinch Bug and Chinch-Bug Fungus and 

 from the results of various experiments conducted by themselves 

 and other entomologists in various parts of the country, the authors 

 conclude that the facts unite in showing that artificial distribution 

 of the church-bug fungus, either on diseased bugs or by artificial 

 cultures, is not worth the time and trouble it takes. They state, 

 moreover, that the farmers of Kansas have lost millions by the 

 advocacy of this method of control because it tended to encourage 

 them to neglect known really efficient measures. 



The study of why bunch grass makes practically the only 

 safe winter quarters for the bugs gave interesting results and seems 

 largely to explain why the proper burning of such hiding quarters 

 in early winter has given sd goad results. The two great artificial 



