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INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1904. 



mens being sent, which proved to be not Chinch Bugs, but a species 

 of bug- belonging to the same family resembling the Chinch Bug some- 



-Chinch Bus;, long winged 

 form. Webster. 



"Fig. 3. — Trapc::onottis nebulosus, 

 Fail. Lugger. 



what, even having the same bed-buggy odor. This bug is a species 

 of Trapccoiiotiis, which feeds for the most part upon weeds, hence 

 is not generally injurious. In some seasons it appears in enormous 

 numbers, filling the minds of the farmers, who think they are the 

 genuine article, with much alarm. We figure a Chinch Bug and a 

 species of Trapezonotus side by s-ide for comparison. Pictures of 

 two other bugs sometimes niistaken for Chinch Bugs are also given. 



Fig. 4. — Lyg<rus tiircicus, Fab. Lugger. Fig. 5. — Nysiiis jiigiislani.';, L'hler. From Riley. 



Fig. 4 illustrating Lygccus turciciis, and Fig. 5 showing Nysins aii- 

 giistatus. The latter is frequently called "The False Chinch Bug'* 

 and at times is quite injurious. 



The life history of the Chinch Bug and methods of combating it 

 have been fully discussed in our preceding Annual Reports. 



