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51. The White Grub. 



{Lachnosterna sp.) 



1842. Harris, T. W. —Phyllophaga qiiercma. Kep. Mass. Ins. De- 

 scription of imago. Recommends shaking beetles from trees 

 in the morning. May be collected on a cloth and destroyed 

 by throwing into boiling water. 



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

 ed, pp. 30, 31, fig. 10. (See under 1842.) 



1864. Glover, Townend. — May Beetle. — Eep. Com. Agr. 1863, p. 

 567. Habits ; remedies ; natural enemies, etc. Early spring 

 plowing. Use infested land for a hog pasture. 



1866. Glover, Tonwend. — May Bug. Rep. Com. Agr., 1865, p. 38. 



Eound in stomach of woodpecker. 



Walsh, B. D. — Lachnosterna fusca. Pract. Ent. I., 60. Three 

 instances cited of injuries to Indian corn. White grub com- 

 pared to "muck worm". Considers increase of white grub 

 due to the introduction of the improved hog. 



1867. Walsh, B. D. — Lachnosterna qmrcina. Prac. Ent. II., 116. 



Receives specimen of white grub "with a root over an inch 

 long and also a short sprout growing out of the two corners 

 of the mouth," which he supposes to be due to the sprout- 

 ing of a poisonous seed within the grub. [This is a para- 

 sitic fungus.] 



Country Gentleman, XXX., 336. — The White Grub. Corre- 

 spondent states that he has succeeded in repelling grubs by 

 the use of superphosphate of lime. 



1869. Packard, A. S., Jr. — LacJtnosterna fusca. Guide to the Study 

 of Insects, p. 454, figs. 410, 411, larva ; 412, side view of 

 pupa. Brief account of habits and injuries. 



Riley, C. V. — Lachnosterna quercina. 1st Rep. St. Ent. Mo., 

 p. 156, fig. 8S. Food plants ; remedies ; parasitic fungus 

 figured and described; also a very curious fungus reported 

 from Virginia as being parasitic upon the white grub. 



1872. WiER, D. B.— Idem. Prairie Farmer, March 9, 1872. Has 



known it to utterly destroy large fields of corn. Noxious 

 in beetle state, once in three years only. Remedies. 



Le Baron, Wm. — Idem. Prairie Farmer, May 12, 1872. 

 Publishes a communication from Prof. T. J. Burrill, in 

 which it is stated that, beyond controversy, the tramping of 

 the surface of the ground on base ball and croquet grounds, 

 and where cattle pastured, saved grass the following year 

 from injury by the white grub. This suggestion of heavy 

 rolling could only apply in case of grasses. Swine and 

 ducks useful in hunting out the grubs. 



1873. Packard, A. S., Jr.— The May Beetle. 3d Rep. Mass. Ins. 



pp. 6-9, fig. 138. Treated in reference to its injuries to 

 the strawberry plant. Habits and life history. Remedies 

 and natural enemies. 



