95 



1863. Horn, Geo. H.— Idem. Proc. Aca.l. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 



p. 85. (Monograph of the species of Trogosita inhabiting 

 the United States.) Description of imago. Habitat, Penn- 

 sylvania ; common. 



1860. Glover, Townend.— Idem. Rep. Com. Agr. 1868, p. 83. De- 



stroys wheat, Indian corn and other grains in Maryland. 



1871. Glover, Townend— Idem. Rep. Com. Agr., 1870, p. 66. (See 

 under 1869.) 



Family Elateridte^ 



WlREW^ORMS. 



1842. Harris, T. W. — Spring Beetles. Rep. Mass. Ins. Charac- 

 ters of family; food plants; future injuries; remedies used 

 in England. Description of six species. 



1845. Drummond, Za.— Wireworms. The Cultivator, New Series, 

 IL, 122. (See under Cutworms, 1845.) 



1859. The Cultivator, 3d series, VII. , 10/. — The Wire worm. Most 

 injurious on moist, loamy soils of a mucky nature. Reme- 

 dies: fall plowing; plowing grass land just before plant- 

 ing corn; sowing buckwheat. 



1861. F. — Wireworms. The Cultivator, 3d series, IX., 284. Failure 



of remedies. Regular and frequent rotation of crops a 

 preventive. 



1862. Percy, A. G.— Idem. The Cultivator, 3d series, X., 192. 



(From Rural New Yorker.) Reason given for buckwheat's 

 seeming a remedy. 



Harris, T. W. — Spring Beetles. Ins. Inj. to Veg., 3d ed., 

 pp. 51-57. (See under 1842.) 



1864. Glover, Townsnd. — Wireworms. Rep. Com. Agr, 1863, p. 



566. Remedies : alkaline substances, potatoes, turnips, rape 

 cake, etc. Natural enemies: moles, crows, etc. 

 L. [Lintner?J — Once more the Wireworm. Country Gent. 

 XXIV., 57. Proper rotation of crops. Crops which are not 

 attacked by wireworms. RolUng, draining. 



1865. Charnock, John H. — Wireworms. Country Gent. XXV., 105. 



Rape cake as a remedy. Its introduction and quantity per 

 acre. 



1866. Walsh, B. D.— Idem. Pract. Ent. I., 100. Effect of salt on 



Indian corn. Thorough culture a remedy for wireworms. 



1867. Walsh, B. D.— Idem. Pract. Ent. II., 61, 62. Compared to 



myriapod. 

 Fitch, Asa.— Idem. 11th Rep. N. Y. Ins., pp. 519-543. Ex- 

 tensive depredators. Many kinds. Differences in structure 

 of the last segment of the body. Probably two years in 

 attaining maturity. Worm described. Food plants. Low 

 lands preferred. Grass lands their residence. Indian corn 

 crop oftenest destroyed by them. Habits. Remedies : trap- 

 ping by potatoes, etc ; hand picking ; growing a crop that 

 will repel them, as white mustard; fall plowing; draining; 



