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Chinch-hugs (Micropus ( Rliyparochromus) Jeucoptcrus.J — These insects 

 Lave as yet made but feeble demonstrations in the Eastern States. A 

 few were noted in Dinwiddie, Virginia. They are reported in De Soto, 

 Mississippi, Ashley and Benton, Arkansas, Livingston, Kentucky, and 

 "Warren, Indiana. They were threatening the wheat in Schuyler and 

 Pope, Illinois, and were more or less destructive in Jersey, Marion, 

 Grundy, Hancock, Ford, Perry, Jasper, Crawford, fidwaids, and Cum- 

 berland. Plentiful rains stayed their development and devastation in 

 many places ; in others it was noted that they were less numerous than 

 formerly, but the cool, wet weather may account for that. In Wiscon- 

 sin they were destructive, especially to small grain in Fond du Lac, 

 Sauk, Dodge, Iowa, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Lafayette, and Crawford. 

 In some cases the roots of winter- wheat were found covered with chinch- 

 eggs. In Missouri they had begun a formidable demonstration in Yer- 

 non, Caldwell, Polk, Iron, Lafayette, Daviess, Montgomery, Calaway, 

 Crawford, Hickory, and Henry. Kansas reports them in Butler, Lyon, 

 and Labette, more destructive in some localities than the grasshoppers. 



Army-worms (Leucania unipuncta) are reported in Knox, Tennessee, 

 and in Logan, Kentucky, where they were specially destructive on 

 wheat and grass. In Pike, Perry, and Jersey, Illinois, and in Perry 

 and Boone, Missouri, they were more or less troublesome. 



Cut-worms (Agrotis sp.) were plentiful and injurious in Gloucester, New 

 Jersey. They are also noted in Jackson, Florida; in Eichland, Louisiana; 

 in Bandera and Bosque, Texas ; in Boone, Sharp, Scott, Izard, Montgom- 

 ery, Saint Francis, and Van Buren, Arkansas. In many cases they 

 materially damaged the growing cotton. They were also numerous in 

 Grainger and Grundy, Tennessee ; in Marion and Grant, West Virginia ; 

 in Monroe, Ohio ; in Clay, Indiana ; in Iroquois and Pike, Illinois ; in 

 Boone and Taney, Missouri. In the last named they have taken to 

 chewing tobacco, and promise to furnish an unwelcome and abundant 

 home-consumption for that crop. 



Miscellaneous. — A species of grub-worm (Lachnosterna sp.) is doubt- 

 fully mentioned by our correspondent in Gloucester, K^ew Jersey. Joint- 

 worms (Isosoma (EurytomaJ hordcij are reported in Orange, Virginia. 

 The Hessian Ay fCecidomyia destructor J is noted in Grainger, Tennessee, 

 apd in Greene, Dallas, and Lawrence, Missouri ; in the last named county 

 theFultz wheat has been found '^fly-proof." The fly was especially notice- 

 able in early-sown wheat. In Harrison, Kentucky, a long, reddish- 

 brown " worm " (?) was observed destroying the eggs of the Colorado 

 beetle. Our correspondents would especially oblige us by sending speci- 

 mens of such new insects for examination. Wire-worms (Elaier sp.) 

 ■were troublesome in Clay, Indiana, in Pike, Illinois, and in Henry, 

 Iowa. Coddling-moths ( Carpocapsa pomonella) threatened the apple- 

 crop in Weber, Utah. In Piatt, Illinois, a small dark-colored worm de- 

 stroyed the foliage of the elm and forest trees. A small black bug was 

 very injurious to several crops in Pike, Illinois. Eose-bugs (Macrodac- 

 tylus subspinosusj injured grapes and small fruits in Labette, KangUs. 

 Cotton-lice (Aphis sp.) were troublesome in Leon and Suwannee, Flor- 

 ida, in Holmes, Mississippi, and in Madison, Louisiana. In Stevens, 

 Washington, crickets (?) destroyed much grain. 



