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1871. EiLEY, C. v.— Idem. 3d Kep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 59, fig. 22. 

 Description and brief account of its habits, — after Walsh. 



1873. Horn, G. H.— Idem. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1873, p. 423. 

 Description of imago. Bibliography. Occurs in Middle 

 States, Georgia, and Kansas. 



Horn, G. H. — Sphenophorus sculptilu. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 

 1873, p. 4'23. Description of imago. Middle, Western, and 

 Southern States. 



1876. Le Conte, J. L.— Idem. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. XV., 425. 



Unites S. zece, Walsh, with this species. 



1877. Packard, A. S., Jr. — Sphenophorus zece. Hayden, Piep. IX., U. 



S. G. G. Surv. Terr., 1875, p. 718. Description, injuries, 

 and remedies. Detected this species at Hyannis, Massachu- 

 setts, June 25. 



1878. Thomas, (Jyrus.— Idem. 7th Eep. St. Ent. 111., p. 34. Descrip- 



tion of imago and brief account of habits, — after Walsh. 



1879. CoMSTOCK, J. Henry.— Idem. Eep. Com. Agr., 1879, p. 248. 



Eeceives specimens of this species from Missouri, where it 

 destroyed two plantings of Indian corn and injured the 

 third. The corn was in dry land, sufficiently rolling to 

 drain well. 



1879. LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. Country Gent. XLIV., <39. Description 

 and distribution. Eeceived specimens of this insect from 

 New Jersey where it is reported to be injuring Indian corn. 

 Account of some recorded injuries. 



1881. CoMSTOCK, J. Henry. — Sphenophorus sculptilis. Eep. Com. 



Agr., 1880, p. 272. Eeceived specimens from South Caro- 

 lina, where they were represented as injuring young Indian 

 CORN by piercing the stalk at or above the surface of the 

 ground. 



1882. Eiley, C. v.— Idem. Eep. Com. Agr., 1881, p. 139. Occurs 



in the South and West and is common in Illinois and 

 Missouri. Has been received from Florida and Alabama 

 as injuring Indian corn. 



LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. 2d Eep. N. Y. Insects, pp. 253-263, 

 fig. 76. Eeceived specimens from New Jersey, where they 

 caused serious injury to Indian corn. Gives synonymy; 

 description of imago ; recorded injuries ; distribution ; 

 breeding ground ; original food plant ; and food plants and 

 habits of allied species. Testimony concerning the presence 

 of curculio larvae in the stems of Indian corn ; probably 

 unsuspected cause of much injury to it. Eemedies. 



1885. LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. 2d Eep. N. Y. Insects, p. 52. Some 

 account of its early history in New York. Correspondent 

 from Kansas believes the larvse to be lignivorous. 



