U.S. D. A., B. E. Bul. 95, Part IV. Coe Lr, Apwie1o; To, 
PAPERS ON CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS. 
THE SO-CALLED “CURLEW BUG.” 
(Sphenophorus callosus Oliv.) 
By F. M. WressteEr, 
In Charge of Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The so-called “curlew bug’ (Sphenophorus callosus Oliv.) (fig. 16) is 
allied to the maize billbug, Sphenophorus maidis Chittn., the subject of 
Part II of this bulletin. It is commonly known in the Carolinas as the 
curlew bug, sometimes as the ‘‘klew” or ‘‘clewbug,” and the ‘‘kloobug,” 
all probably contractions of ‘‘curlew bug.” The curlew is a shore 
bird, having a long, curved bill, while 
the insect, Sphenophorus callosus, which 
is provided with a long, curved snout, is 
found plentifully under rubbish along 
the shores of sounds and rivers, especially 
those of North Carolina. Intelligent 
fishermen, who are familiar with it, claim 
that it is often found clinging to their 
fish nets spread in Albemarle Sound. 
The information herein given, in so 
far as it is original, has been accumulat- 
ing for a number of years, some of the 
facts having been taken from the general 
correspondence of the bureau and others 
from the results of more or less frag- 
mentary and more recent studies by 
several assistants engaged in the investi- Fig. 16.—The “curlew bug” (Spheno- 
° . phorus callosus): Adult. Four times 
gations of cereal and forage insects.  haturalsize. (Original.) 
While not complete in all of the scientific 
details, so much of this information is of economic value to the farmer, 
pointing out to him a practical method of prevention, and will also 
prove of assistance to station and State entomologists who may desire 
to study the pest in their own States, that it seems an injustice to 
withhold publication longer with the object of securing details of 
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