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68. The Grain Weevil. 



{Calandra qranaria, Linn.) 



1767. LiNNE, Carl von. — Cvrculio granarius. Syst. Nat. 12th ed., 

 Tome I., Par. II., 608. Original description. 



1842. Harris, T. W. — Calandra granaria. Rep. Mass. Insects. 

 Description, life history, power of multiplication, remedy. 



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

 ed., p. 83. (See under 1842.) 



1834. Glover, Townend. — Northern Granary Weevil. Eep. Com. 

 Agr. 1863, p. 572. Compares it to Southern rice weevil, 

 and suggests remedies. 



1869. Walsh and Riley. — Sitophihis granarius. Amer. Ent. I., 179. 

 Insect may be used for blistering. Suggest care in use 

 of grain attacked by it. 



Packard, A. S., Jr. — Idem. Guide to the Study of Insects, 

 p. 489, fig. 467, e. Brief mention of habits and injury. 



1876. Western Farm Journal, June 16. — Corn Weevils in Foreign 

 Grain. Foreign Indian corn infested by weevils at Phila- 

 delphia Exposition. 



1880. Riley, C. V.— Grain Weevils. Amer. Ent. Ill,, 26. Quotes 

 a French journal as saying that these insects were attracted 

 to a tub of anise seed, and thereby killed. 



Elliot, A. T. — Idem. Amer. Ent. III., 179. Reports an in- 

 stance of the effectual use of pyrethrum in destroying this 

 insect. 



Rilliet, Chas. — Butalis granaria. Rural New Yorker, May 

 1, 1880. Reports from Lake county, Illinois, an instance 

 of severe injury to unthreshed wheat, while similar wheat 

 in granary was uninjured. 



1882. Forbes, S. A. — Sitophilus granaria. Farmers' Review, De- 

 cember 1, 1882. Brief account of habits and remedies, in 

 reply to an inquiry from Missouri. 



Order HEMIPTERA. 



Family Lyg^id^. 



69. The Chinch Bug. 



(Blissus leucopterus, Say.) 



1831. Say, Thomas. — Lygceus leucopterus. (Descriptions of new species 

 of Heteropterous Hemiptera of North America. Transac- 

 tions of the New York State Agricultural Society, p. 774. 

 Complete writings, L, 329. Original description. Described 

 from single specimen taken in Virginia. 



