CONTENTS.'^ 



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The Mexican conchiiela {Pentatoma ligata Say) in western Texas in 1905, 



A. W. Morrill.. 1 



An associated species 2 



General agricultural conditions at Barstow, Tex 2 



Damage to crops previous to 1905 2 



Crops damaged in 1905 3 



Other food plants 8 



Seasonal history 8 



Natural enemies 9 



Methods of control 11 



Notes on the economic importance of sowbugs W. Dvnght Pierce. . 15 



Armadillidium vulgare Latr 15 



PorcelUo losvis Latr 21 



Metoponorlhus pruinosus Brandt 22 



Conclusions 22 



Notes on ' ' Punkies " ( Ceratopogon spp. ) F. C. Pratt . . 23 



Ceratopogon gutlipennis 23 



Other species of Ceratopogon 26 



Other blood-sucking Chironomidae 28 



An injurious North American species of Apion, with notes on related forms, 



F. H. Chittenden.. 29 



Apion griseum Sm 29 



Apion colon Sharp 30 



Notes on relat(;d forms 31 



Insects injurious to the loco weeds F. II. Chittenden. . 33 



The false-indigo gall-moth ( Walshia amorphclla Clem.) 34 



The loco root-maggot {Pegomya lupina Coq .) 35 



The fickle midge {Sciara inconstans Fitch) 36 



The four-lined loco weevil (Cleonus (juadrilineatus Chevr.) 37 



The yellow loco Qy ( Tritoxa incurva Loew.) 38 



The spotted root fly {Euxesta notata Wied . ) 38 



The bur-clover aphis {Aphifi medicaginis Koch) 40 



The meal snout-moth {Pyralis fari,nalis L.) 40 



. Plant-bugs, leafhoppers, etc 41 



Miscellaneous insects 41 



a The ten papers constituting this bulletin were issued in separate form on April 2^ 

 1907 (Pts. I to III), January 14 and May 29, 1908 (Pts. IV and V), August 4 and 5, 

 1909 (Pts. VI and VII), and May 7, October 17, and November 12, 1910 (Pts. VIII 

 to X). 



VII 



