30 The Bulletin. 



"Siuce the wheat was cut they have gone iuto the coru. They cover the 

 stalk around the roots and in a few days the stalks will die." 



"They gather at the root of the corn (or) under the sheath of the blade and 

 there suck until they ruin the whole stalk." 



"They sometimes ruin our corn on the clay land. If I had a remedy would 

 prefer to plant corn on the clay and cotton on the sandy laud." 



In May, 1905, a correspondent in Kockingliam County wrote that 

 he had suffered destruction to timothy by Chinch Bugs for four years in 

 succession ; but we are forced to believe that this was a very unusual ex- 

 perience, at least for this State. 



Pig. 9. — AduU Chinch Bug, show- 

 ing dark color of body and 

 white wings. Much enlarged. 

 Insect in reality about one- 

 fifth inch in length. This is 

 the long-winged form of the in- 

 sect. 



(After Webster, Div. Ent, U. S. 

 Dept. Agr.) 



DISTKIBUTION, HABITS, LIFE-HISTORY,' 



Distribution. — The Chinch Bug occurs throughout the United States 

 east of New Mexico, Wyoming, and North Dakota (including parts of 

 those States) ; also in southern and eastern Canada, eastern Mexico, in 

 Central America and Panama; also in areas in California. It seem- 

 ingly is absent in southern Florida, and occurs sparingly if at all in the 

 higher Alleghany Mountains (statement made from Webster's Map). 

 The area in which it is to be regarded as a pest is more restricted, em- 

 bracing a large territory in what we term the "central west" (including 

 Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, etc.). There are spots of severe in- 

 fection in Maine, New York, Tennessee, and Louisiana. But what is of 



'Among the writings on Chinch Bug, we may mention Bui. 95, 111. Exp. Sta., by S. A. 

 Forbes ; "The 1912 Chinch Bug Campaign in Illinois," by S. A. Forbes ; Bui. 09, Bur. 

 Ent.. U. S. Dept. Agr.. bv F. M. Webster; Cir. 113, Bur. Ent., V. S. Dept. Agr., by 

 F. M. Webster ; Bui. 191, Kan. Exp. Sta., by T. J. Headlee and .1. W. McCuUoch. 



