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Counties, Micliigan ; Marion, Gibson, Decatur, Steuben, and Franklin 

 Counties, Indiana; Winnebago, Putnam, Cass, and Clark Counties, 

 Illinois ; Outagamie, AVisconsiu ; Steele and Iledwood Counties, Minne- 

 sota ; and in Thayer County, JTebraska. In most of these cases the 

 Colorado beetle {Dorypliora decem-Uneata) was mentioned specifically. 

 In Kew London County, Connecticut, the white and wire worms were 

 spoken of, and in Thayer County, Nebraska, blister-flies, as injurious 

 to potatoes. Hardin County, Iowa, was exempt after seven years of 

 visitation. " Tyck's Seedling" potato is reported there as " bug-proof.'' 



The chinch-bug, {Microjms {Bhyparocliromus) Jeucojjterus) was espe- 

 cially destructive to sorghum in Adams County, Ohio ; in Jennings and 

 Brown Counties, Indiana ; in Jasper and Phelps Counties, ]\Iissouri ; and 

 in Linn County, Kansas. The newly-sown wheat crop has felt their rav- 

 ages in Brown and Jennings Counties, Indiana ; in Macon, Boone, Polk, 

 Crawford, Jasper, and Eeynolds Counties, Missouri : and in Linn County, 

 Kansas. Franklin County, Illinois, was overrun with them to the gTeat 

 damage of the corn crop, as also in Jennings and Boone Counties, Indiana ; 

 in Macon, Boone, Crawford, Polk, Jasper, Eeynolds, Phelps, Miller, and 

 Iron Counties, Missouri, and in Linn County, Kansas. In Crawford 

 County, Missouri, three distinct broods are noted. The first appeared 

 about the 1st of May, and inflicted such damage upon the wheat crop 

 that several fields were plowed up. The second brood came about the 

 last of June, and the third about the last of August. At the last visi- 

 tation the corn was in mUk, and upon it they fell with great voracity, 

 very seriously reducing its yield both of grain and of fodder. 



Chinch-bugs destroyed the sorghum crops in Brown County, Indiana, 

 and Phelps County, Io\ua ; in the former the old Chinese sorghum is 

 especially mentioned, the other varieties not being injured. 



The Hessian fly {Cecidomyia destructor) was observed during October 

 in the early-sown wheat of Botetourt County, Virginia. The young crop 

 was here attacked also by some unknown insect working under ground 

 and devouring the rootlets and stalks. During November this insect 

 was observed in Frederick, Shenandoah, and Page Counties, Virginia ; 

 Clarke County, North Carolina ; Fulton County, Arkansas ;• Berkeley 

 County, West Virginia ; Miami and Vinton Counties, Ohio ; and Jen- 

 nings and Saint Joseph Counties, Indiana. In the last-named county 

 the ravages of this insect were confined to sandy soils. During the 

 spring the fly infested the wheat in Balls County, Missouri, and in La- 

 bette County, Kansas. In the latter-named county it was observed espe- 

 cially in early- sown crops. 



West of the Missouri Eiver grasshoppers {Caloptemts spretns) were 

 quite destructive in some localities. In Ottawa County, Kansas, they 

 appeared August 15, and for three days wrought havoc in the corn. 

 They did great mischief, also, in Madison and L'eau-qui-court Counties, 

 Nebraska. In Bonhomme County, Dakota, they appeared August 10, 

 and remained two days, i)artially destroying the corn crops. In Morgan 

 County, Utah, they were so numerous as to prevent the sowing of buck- 

 wheat. In Columbia County, Oregon, they made great havoc of grass 

 and grain crops, scarcely leaving a trace of clover, and then attacked 

 gardens and fruit-trees. Grasshoppers were numerous, but not destruc- 

 tive, in Milam County, Texas, and are reported in Eice County, Kansas. 

 En Morgan County, Utah, they destroyed half the spring grain and a 

 fourth of the potatoes. A grasshopper (probably Caloptenus fenmr-ru- 

 brum) in Lincoln County, Kentucky, cut the buckwheat down close to the 

 ground. In Thayer County, Nebraska, corn was seriously damaged by 

 Caloptemis sprettis. In Franklin County, Kansas, all. the experimental 



