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the Chinch Bug. Many other localities had Chinch Bugs in abun- 
dance, and considerable damage was done in States not represented in 
this list. These localities, however, are authoritative, and their re- 
ports rurnished the main basis for the table which preceeds. Wemay 
summarize these briefly as follows : 
Tilinois, fifty-one counties, as follows: Stephenson, Winnebago, Lake, Carroll, Lee, 
Kendall, Will, La Salle, Rock, Mercer, Warren, Stark, Iroquois, Vermilion, Edgar, 
Douglas, Coles, Moultrie, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, 
Bond, Madison, Macoupin, Greene, Pike, Jersey, Saint Clair, Clinton, Washington, 
Marion, Clay, Lawrence, Wabash, Edwards, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Randolph, 
Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Massac, and Alex- 
ander. 
Indiana, twenty-five counties, as foliows: Elkhart, Jasper, White, Huntington, 
_ Wells, Blackford, Jay, Warren, Montgomery, Wayne, Shelby, Johnson, Sullivan, 
Greene, Dearborn, Knox, Martin, Ohio, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vanderburgh, 
Warrick, and Spencer. 
Towa, sixty-one counties, as follows: Winnebago, Worth, Mitchell, Howard, Win- 
neshiek, Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Chickasaw, Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, 
Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Franklin, Dubuque, Buchanan, Grundy, Ham- 
ilton, Webster, Calhoun, Sac, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Story, Marshall, Tama, 
Benton, Linn, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Iowa, Jasper, Dallas, Guthrie, 
Audubon, Shelby, Madison, Mahaska, Keokuk, Des Moines, Henry, Monroe, Lucas, 
Union, Adams, Montgomery, Mills, Fremont, Page, Taylor, Decatur, Wayne, Ap- 
panoose, Davis, Van Buren, and Lee. 
Kansas, sixty-three counties, as foliows: Cheyenne, Rawlins, Norton, Phillips, 
Jewell, Washington, Marshall, Nemaha, Brown, Wyandotte, Jefferson, Jackson, 
Shawnee, Douglas, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, Davis, Clay, Cloud, Mitchell, 
Rooks, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas, Sherman, Gove, Russell, Lincoln, Ottawa, Ells- 
worth, Saline, Dickinson, Morris, Osage, Franklin, Miami, Linn, Anderson, Coffey, 
Chase, Marion, McPherson, Rice, Barton, Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott, Ford, Pawnee, 
Stafford, Reno, Sedgwick, Allen, Neosho, Cherokee, Labette, Chautauqua, Cowley, 
Sumner, Barbour,and Comanche. 
Michigan, five counties, as follows: Manitou, Presque Isle, Saginaw, Shiawassee, 
and Saint Joseph. 
Kentucky, eight counties as follows: Carroll, Pendleton, Bracken, Estill, Mercer, 
Union, Ballard, and Marshall. 
Minnesota, twenty-seven counties, as follows: Hubbard, Wadena, Todd, Crow 
Wing, Kanabec, Pine, Isanti, Chisago, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Carver, Scott, 
Rice, Wabash, Winona, Olmstead, Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Watonwan, Martin, Fari- 
bault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore, and Houston. 
Missouri, sixty counties,as follows: Atchison, Nodaway, Holt, Worth, Gentry, 
Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Adair, Linn, Clinton, Caldwell, Ray, Chariton, 
Randolph, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Callaway, Cooper, Johnson, Cass, Bates, Henry, 
Saint Clair, Hickory, Osage, Maries, Gasconade, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, 
Saint Genevieve, Perry, Iron, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, 
Butler, Wayne, Oregon, Shannon, Pulaski, Laclede, Wright, Douglas, Ozark, Chris- 
tian, Webster, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, Barton, Lawrence, Barry, New- 
ton, and McDonald. 
Ohio, ten counties, as follows: Defiance, Wood, Geauga, Allen, Shelby, Darke, 
Franklin, Fairfield, Meigs, and Gallia. 
FOOD PLANTS. 
The Chinch Bug will feed upon all grains and grasses so far as 
known. The most prominent crops which are seriously injured are 
Wheat, Barley, and Indian Corn. The testimony in regard to Oats 
is conflicting, but LeBaron’s conclusion to the effect that ‘‘if this 
grain be sown where Chinch Bugs abound, and especially if it is sown 
exclusively it will be damaged to a greater or less extent the first 
year, but that the bugs will probably not continue to breed in it to 
any great extent in succeeding years,” is unquestionably correct. 
Broom-corn, Sorghum, Chicken-corn, Hungarian grass, Millet, Rye, 
-Tice, Bermuda-grass (Cynodon dactylum), Fox-tail grass (Setaria 
glauca), Timothy (Phleum pratense), Blue-grass (Poa pratensis), 
Crab-grass (Panicum sanguinale), Bottle-grass (Setaria viridis), and 
