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Smith (1933, p. 5*0 refers to " Bacillus insectorum 

 Burrell [Burr ill] (Forces, 1895)" a s a cause of a "bacterial 

 disease of the chinch hug. Later (p. 59) he refers to 

 Micrococcus insectorum Burr ill as being similar to organisms 

 that cause the silk -worm diseases. He probably means the 

 same organism. 



Burr ill, T. J. I883 New species of micrococcus. Am. Nat.j 



1L 519. 



*Forbes, S. A. 1882 Bacterium a parasite of the chinch 



bug. Am. Nat. , l6, 82*4-825. 

 Smith, R. C. 1935 Fungus and bacterial diseases in the 



control of grasshoppers and chinch bugs. 28th biennial 



Rpt. Kan. St. Bd. Agri. , M+-58. 



Micrococcus lardarius Krass lists chik 



Insect concerned: Silkworm, Bombyx mori . 



Krass i Is ts chik (1896) found this organism in the 

 intestine and body cavity of si]kworms and thought it to 

 be the cause of grasserie. He showed that the organism 

 was distinctly different from Streptococcus bombycis . 



Krass ilstschik, M. J. I896 Sur les parasites des Vers 

 a soie sains et malades. Contribution a 1' etude de la 

 flacherie, de la grasserie et de la pebrine. (Communi- 

 cation preliminaire). Memoires soc. zoo. de France., 9? 

 515-522. 



M I CROCOCCUS MAJOR 



Insects concerned: Nun moth, Lymantria monacha; and 

 Hyponomenta sp. 



Eckstein (189*0 in working with bacteria associated 

 with nun moth larvae, isolated Micrococcus major . He 

 found it pathogenic also for Hyponomenta species. 



Eckstein, K. 189*4- Untersuchungen uber die in Raupen 

 vonkommenden Bakterien. Z. F. Forst- und Jagdwesen, 

 26, 5-20, 228-2*4-1, 285-298, *4-15-*4-2*4-. 



M I CROCOCCUS NEUR0T0MAE Paillot 



Insects concerned: Neurotoma nemoralis ; Agrotis segetum ; 

 Agrotis pronubana . 



