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Puate VI. The portion of the Shannonhouse cornfield, Hertford, N. C., on 
which corn was grown in 1910, totally destroyed by the ‘‘ curlew 
bug,” Sphenophorus callosus, in U911 .. 5.227 ...ctec aces eee 
VII. The portion of the Shannonhouse cornfield that was devoted to 
cotton in 1910; planted to corn in 191] and uninjured by the 
 cimlew bug ’)s gocdei. ae Sete eet ate 
VIII. The dividing line in the Shannonhouse cornfield in 1911 between 
the portion (to the left of the man standing in the center) devoted 
to cotton in 1910 and the portion (to the right) where corn was 
grown 10. 1910. . 0... xcawie des Ae ee Oa ee 
IX. Fig. 1. View of cornfield near Appleton, Tenn., showing damage 
by the ‘‘curlew bug.’’ Fig. 2.—Corn plants, showing normal 
plant and those damaged by the ‘‘curlew bug’”’............... 
TEXT FIGURES. 
Fic. 16. The ‘‘curlew bug’’ (Sphenophorus callosus) .......-....+--++-2+--++- 
17. Map showing distribution of the ‘‘ curlew bug’’ (Sphenophorus callosus) 
and the maize billbug (Sphenophorus maidis).............-..+-+++- 
18. The ‘‘curlew bug’’: Egg as placed in stem of young corn plant... ... 
19. The ‘‘curlew bug’’: Larva; heads of larvee of ‘‘curlew bug”’ and 
Ming ep Me re haw ate rs Seis osc oe 1 en Oe 
2: he" oeurkew daig”? 2 pn en os ae wot ae oe 
_ 21. The ‘‘curlew bug’’: Eggs, pupa, adult, work in corn.............. 
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