76 



1880. FoEBEP, S. A. — Idem. Amer. Ent. III., 231. Larva from stom- 

 ach of blackbird. 



1880. KiLEY, C. V. — Idem. Amer. Ent. III., 205. Common in north- 



ern Illinois and Missouri in early spring on blue-grass sod. 

 EuU-grown larva hibernates. Widely distributed. 



1881. Riley, C. V. — Idem. Amer. Nat. XV., 575. Specific characters 



of larva. Habits and distribution. Pupates in June and 

 emerges in autumn. 



Mauten, John.— Idem. 10th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 139. Spe- 

 cifio characters of larva. Food phxnts and transformation. 



OsBORv, Herbert. — Idem. Iowa Homes! ead, June 17, 1881, 

 (Teste Lintner.) Diseased larvae. 



1882. Lintner, J. A. — Idem. 1st Rep. Injurious and other Insects 



St. N. Y., p. 99. Specific characters of moth and Inrva. In- 

 juries in St. Lawrence county, New York. Difficulty of rear- 

 ing larvae. Dates of collection of larvae, April 24 to June 29. 

 Literature and bibliography. Natural history. Food plants : 

 grass, clover, and Polygonum. Widelv distributed. United 

 States and Canada. Parasites. Preventives and remedies: 

 deep plowing, burning, rolling, and attracting by sweetened 

 substances. 



21. The Stalk Borer. 



{Govfijna iiltela, (iuen.) 



1842. Harris, T. W. — Rep. Mass. Ins. Larva described but not 

 identitied. Common in potato stalks. 



1852. GuENEE, A. — Gorti/na iiitela. Sp. Gen. Lep. V. — Noct. I., 124. 

 Original description. Illinois. 



1862. Harris, T. W. — Insects Injurious to Vegetation, 3d ed., p. 

 440, fig. -219. (See under 18.2.) 



1867. Walsh, B. D. — Gorti/na nitela. Prac. Ent. 11., 115. Descrip- 

 tion of pupa. Difference between habits of Gortyna nitela 

 and those of Achatodes zete. Destruction of hibernating 

 moths a check on its undue increase. 



Riley, C. V.— Idem. Prairie Farmer, XIX., 116, Specific 

 characters of imago, chrysalis, and larva. Imago and larva 

 figured. Bores into dahlia and astor. Life history. Larvae 

 July; pupae August; moths emerge September. 



18d8. Walsh and Riley. — Idem. Amer. Ent. I., 22, fig. 11 ; p. 206, 

 iig. 110; p. 258. P. 22, abundant in parts of Missouri 

 and Illinois. Boring through cob of growing Indian corn. 

 Lite history and food plants. Pupates in ground, latter 

 part of July. Emerges September and is supposed to hiber- 

 nate as an imago, P, 206, fig, 140, in peach twigs, P. 

 258, much damage to Indian corn in Connecticut. 



1860. Walsh and Riley.— Idem. Amer. Ent. II., 42, 43. Often 

 bores into stem of Indian corn plant. 



