﻿bugs 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  neigliborhood 
  under 
  observation, 
  

   although 
  many 
  dead 
  covered 
  with 
  Sporotrichum 
  were 
  present 
  under 
  

   corn 
  stalks 
  and 
  other 
  rul)bish. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  AND 
  LABORATORY 
  NOTES 
  IN 
  DETAIL. 
  

  

  Seasonal 
  Hisforij 
  at 
  Tamaroa, 
  Perry 
  County.— 
  April 
  27. 
  — 
  In 
  

   a 
  small 
  wheat 
  field 
  in 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  

   abundant 
  under 
  the 
  stools 
  of 
  wheat, 
  but 
  during 
  an 
  hour's 
  search 
  

   only 
  four 
  dead 
  were 
  seen, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  Sporo- 
  

   trichuni 
  (jlohulifcrum. 
  In 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  tields 
  carefully 
  ex- 
  

   amined, 
  traces 
  of 
  this 
  muscardine 
  fungus 
  were 
  discoverable, 
  in 
  ever}' 
  

   case 
  except 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  dead 
  chinch-bugs 
  or 
  other 
  

   insects 
  covered 
  with 
  it. 
  usually 
  in 
  the 
  moister 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  or 
  

   along 
  adjacent 
  fences. 
  tlggs 
  were 
  everywhere 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  

   wheat. 
  The 
  weather 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  had 
  been 
  dry 
  until 
  the 
  day 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  this 
  visit 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  records 
  at 
  the 
  DuQuoin 
  Station 
  of 
  

   the 
  Weather 
  Bureau. 
  April 
  26, 
  .7 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  of 
  rain 
  had 
  fallen, 
  the 
  

   only 
  other 
  iDreceding 
  rainfall 
  in 
  April 
  being 
  .18 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  on 
  

   the 
  9th. 
  The 
  temperature 
  had 
  ranged 
  from 
  31^ 
  to 
  89'', 
  the 
  mean 
  for 
  

   the 
  month 
  being 
  <)4.9 
  \ 
  Dead 
  bugs 
  from 
  above 
  collection 
  placed 
  

   April 
  :^9 
  on 
  damp 
  sand 
  at 
  laboratory 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  

   whether 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  died 
  from 
  fungous 
  disease 
  developed 
  a 
  

   recognizable 
  growth 
  of 
  Sporotrichiuu 
  globulifernm 
  May 
  6. 
  

  

  May 
  4. 
  A 
  good 
  rain 
  (.08 
  inch) 
  accompanied 
  by 
  hail 
  in 
  this 
  

   region 
  May 
  1, 
  following 
  upon 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  of 
  lieavy 
  rain 
  with 
  

   thunder 
  and 
  lightning 
  April 
  '28 
  and 
  29. 
  Fields 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   condition 
  as 
  on 
  previous 
  visit, 
  some 
  showing 
  serious 
  damage 
  to 
  crops 
  

   notwithstanding 
  the 
  rain, 
  and 
  others, 
  on 
  comparatively 
  low 
  ground, 
  

   presenting 
  a 
  very 
  thrifty 
  appearance. 
  A 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  chinch- 
  

   bugs 
  dead 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  Sporotrichum 
  under 
  the 
  stools 
  of 
  wheat, 
  

   half 
  a 
  dozen 
  found 
  in 
  fifteen 
  minutes' 
  search 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  bugs 
  

   were 
  most 
  abundant. 
  Many 
  chinch-lnigs 
  copulating 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  

   number 
  of 
  eggs 
  observed. 
  

  

  May 
  G. 
  Three 
  separate 
  lots 
  of 
  dead 
  chinch-bugs 
  from 
  above 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  placed 
  on 
  damp 
  sand 
  were 
  presently 
  imbedded 
  in 
  Sporotri- 
  

   c/ium 
  globulifernm. 
  

  

  May 
  21. 
  Nearly 
  a 
  week 
  of 
  rain 
  preceding 
  this 
  visit. 
  Conditions 
  

   little 
  changed. 
  Very 
  few 
  dead 
  bugs 
  imbedded 
  in 
  Sporotrichum: 
  

   these 
  most 
  abundant 
  on 
  low 
  ground. 
  

  

  May 
  28. 
  Heavy 
  driving 
  rain 
  preceding 
  night, 
  accompanied 
  with 
  

   strong 
  wind. 
  All 
  the 
  fields 
  visited 
  were 
  very 
  wet. 
  Small 
  grains 
  in 
  

   excellent 
  condition; 
  wheat 
  beginning 
  to 
  ripen. 
  Chinch-bugs 
  every- 
  

   where 
  present, 
  but 
  doing 
  no 
  evident 
  injury: 
  mostly 
  adults, 
  newly 
  

   hatched 
  young, 
  and 
  in 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  stages: 
  those 
  of 
  first 
  and 
  

   second 
  stages 
  most 
  abundant. 
  A 
  few 
  adult 
  bugs 
  still 
  jjairing, 
  but 
  

   very 
  few 
  eggs 
  seen. 
  Bugs 
  clearly 
  scarce 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  as 
  com- 
  

  

  