TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
LETT OL SWIM GUM. (Ole eeccc ed bogus Speacemoas paacHodsoEes bogEes Saoacr 
JIN TPROIDUCOMIO IR? ee Mos = 85554 540 Sk Gaontteases Sos Saeaibe a Se. copech sbeeod atuoe 
Reasons for publishing at present time, 5—Acknowledgments of assist- 
ance, 5. 
ASME SO FuNgeee as ese /cyork a)si-.cio =o ania oheimiare aut cla Sisie.eie = aieieis acto e aletn, auste wom eiaiSisie\at = 
The Chinch Bug a southern rather than a northern insect, 5—Its early ap- 
pearances, 6—First scientifie description, 6—The name ‘‘ Mormon louse,” 
6—First recorded appearance in Missouri, lowa, Indiana, and Wiscon- 
sin, 6—Damage in 1864 and 1868, 6—Estimates of loss in 1871, 6—The 
great injury in 1874, 6—First accurate account of early stages, 7—In- 
terest in 1881, 7—Its first injurious appearance in New York, 7—Damage 
done in 1887, 7—Table of losses by States and crops, 8—Counties report- 
ing loss, 9. 
CROGRAPHICAT DISTRIBUTION 5.200 oa0 ee tse eae eee scot sep see ane ses see eee 
In New York and New England, 10—In Canada, 10 —In the Southern States, 
10—The States most injured, 10—In Cuba, 10—In California, 11—In 
Mexico, 12. 
RIM REANGND Ae sete ace amiss oss e Poise end on dn, onic neryneis (Snags Sa) onaioepw ais eee 
The cultivated grains, 12—Wild grasses, 12—Rice, 13—Probability of a 
food-plant outside of the Graminee, 13. 
AG HS pOLE GROW Tet —— DS CRNE DIE eae ear ricierisatetae aeiete.n = cieteme stern: ems re ee terete 
The egg, 13-—Larval stages, 13—Pupa, 14—Imago, 14—Original descrip- 
tion quoted, 14—Le Baron’s description, 15—Fiteh’s varieties, 15—Riley’s 
variety melanosus, 15—A new variety, 15. 
NUMBE ROSE ROOMS AND ELBE R NATION: seme nl 256 setae oaetocea mea: os sciereeee 
Early misconceptions, 15—First accurate statement, 15—Number of broods 
south, 16—Hibernation, 16—Influence of severe cold, 17—Odor renders 
hibernating places easily found, 17—Osage hedges in the West, 17. 
JAS SUIS) i 2 Sie TR eR ce pe ae a ne a ae ey 
Flight, 18—Oviposition, 18—Young larve, 19—Rate of growth, 19—Migra- 
tions, 19—Their habits on corn, 20—Preparation for hibernation, 20—Er- 
roneous statement as to oviposition, 21—Exceptional habits, 21. 
NAVI AU ENE MINES JAN DEDISMASM SHE Scent eis = Aeetos 2e eo eee SS coms See 
No true insect parasites, 21 —A possible hair-worm parasite, 21—The lady- 
bird enemies, 22—The lace-winged fly, 22—True bugs which prey upon 
it, 22—Testimony against the efficacy of lady-birds, 23—Vertebrate ene- 
mies, 23—Birds, 24--Qnail laws, 24—Diseases, 25—Dr. Shimer’s account 
. of the 1865 epidemic, 26—Professor Forbés’ investigations, 27—Professor 
Riley’s comments, 28. 
DAA EAST ELICE, AUN RUE PDENG HOD UGS) na 2-212 Se\ciaia oy siciw Sates eisic Scion bade ome 
Wet weathvr inimical, 28—Professor Forbes’ experiments, 29—Comments, 
29—Wet weather and disease, 29—Dr. Thomas’s theory, 30—Professor 
Riley’s comments, 31—An anonymous prediction, 31—Table of tempera- 
ture and rain-fall in North Carolina, 32—Records of precipitation for 1885, 
1886, and 1887, in Chinch Bug States, 32. 
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