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was taken in a flood collection on the bank of a small creek at Ur- 

 bana. It has appeared in our g-eneral collections from Chicag"o to 

 Villa Ridg-e in extreme southern Illinois, and on various dates from 

 June 7 to November 2f). It is, however, doubtless locally destruc- 

 tive to corn in this state since it has been reported by entomologists 

 as injurious to that crop in Massachusetts, New York, New 

 Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Arkan- 

 sas. Iowa, and Kansas. 



In most cases where definite statements have been made con- 

 cerning- its injuries the fact has been noted that the injured crop 

 was growing- on timothy sod. 



The larva' and pup;e have been seen by Hopkins, ( W. Va. ), 

 who calls this species the timothy bill-bug-, and thinks that it is one 

 of the prime causes of the early failure of meadows. He finds the 

 larva from June to September, and pupse and adults from August 

 to October. In these points of its life history it apparently ag-rees 

 very well with Sp/icnop/ioru:^ purz-ii/Ks. 



Sj^hciiophonis robiislm Horn occurs in our collections but six 

 times, and in but two of these with a date, one in June and the 

 other July 1. Althoug-h an abundant and destructive species in 

 the Southern States and ranging- with us to extreme northern Illi- 

 nois, it is apparently too rare in this state to have any economic 

 significance. 



