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Bacter 1 UM S PH I NG I D i s White 

 (See Bacillus , sphingidis ) 



Metalnikov and Chorine (1928) state that this organism 

 resembles Coccohacillus ellingeri . It is undoubtedly 



Bacillus sphingidis White. 



Metalnikov, S. and Chorine, V. I928 The infectious 



diseases of Pyrausta nub Hal is Hb. Internat. Corn Borer 

 Invest. , gci. Kepts. , 1, kl-69. 



Bacter i um tegumen.ticola_ Steinhaus 



Insect concerned: The "bedbug, Cimex lectularius . 



The integument of several specimens of Cimex lectularius 

 was found to harhor this "bacterium which has "been described 

 "by Steinhaus (19^1). 



■*Steinhaus, E. A. 19^1 A study of the "bacteria associated 

 with thirty species of insects. J. Bact. , kg, 757-790. 



Bacter i um te'rmo G-illette 



Insects concerned: Grasshoppers, Melanoplus "bivittatus 

 and M. femur -rubrum . 



Gillette (1896) isolated this organism from grasshoppers 

 in Colorado. According to Smith (1933) "the hoppers gener- 

 ally died on the ground, their "bodies turning "black and 

 their vital organs disintegrating. According to Jordan 

 and Burrows (I9U1) Bacterium termo is synonymous with 

 Proteus vulgaris . 



^Gillette, G. P. I896 The grasshopper disease in Colo- 

 rado. TJ. S. Bur. Ento. , Bui. 6, 89-93. 



Jordan, E. 0. and Burrows, W. 194-1 Texthook of Bacteri- 

 ology, 13th edition, 731 pp. W. B. Saunders Co. , Phil- 

 adelphia. (See p. 4-15) 



Smith, P. C. 1933 Fungous and "bacterial diseases in the 

 control of grasshoppers and chinch "bugs. 28th "biennial 

 Kept. Kan. St. Bd. Agr. , kk-^Q. 



