﻿Evidence 
  was 
  seen, 
  says 
  Mr. 
  Snow, 
  that 
  bu.u:s 
  bad 
  actually 
  been 
  killed 
  

   by 
  the 
  rain, 
  but, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  active, 
  

   often 
  i)i 
  cojnila, 
  and 
  the 
  newly 
  hatched 
  young 
  seemed 
  little 
  affected 
  

   by 
  the 
  floods 
  that 
  had 
  fallen 
  upon 
  them. 
  In 
  other 
  fields 
  examined 
  

   here 
  chinch-bugs 
  were 
  almost 
  invariably 
  less 
  numerous 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  visit. 
  

  

  July 
  31. 
  Frequent 
  rains 
  had 
  occurred 
  here 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  trip, 
  and 
  

   the 
  weather 
  was 
  now 
  very 
  hot. 
  The 
  old 
  bugs 
  vvere 
  still 
  more 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  more 
  abundant. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  adults 
  in 
  copida. 
  A 
  few 
  dead 
  young 
  covered 
  with 
  

   Sporotrichum. 
  Xo 
  Entomophthora 
  seen. 
  

  

  Avf/usf 
  11. 
  Weather 
  dry 
  since 
  last 
  visit: 
  corn 
  suffering 
  from 
  hot 
  

   sun; 
  the 
  roads 
  very 
  dusty. 
  Little 
  change 
  in 
  visited 
  fields. 
  Adults 
  

   fewer 
  — 
  a 
  few 
  still 
  pairing 
  — 
  and 
  young 
  consequently 
  in 
  larger 
  propor- 
  

   tion, 
  but 
  not 
  alarmingly 
  abundant. 
  No 
  signs 
  of 
  contagious 
  disease. 
  

  

  Edf/ewood. 
  EffiiKjham 
  Counfi/. 
  — 
  April 
  28. 
  Wheat 
  and 
  rye 
  fields 
  

   for 
  several 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  station 
  were 
  examined, 
  and 
  bugs 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  great 
  abundance 
  in 
  every 
  one, 
  injury 
  to 
  wheat 
  being 
  con- 
  

   siderable. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  dry, 
  and 
  dead 
  bugs 
  were 
  very 
  rarely 
  

   found. 
  No 
  Sporotrichum 
  except 
  along 
  hedge 
  rows, 
  under 
  boards, 
  

   etc. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  (obtained 
  in 
  two 
  lots 
  

   from 
  wheat 
  and 
  rye) 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  damp 
  sand 
  in 
  my 
  office 
  April 
  29, 
  

   developed 
  Sporotrichum 
  glohuliferum 
  by 
  May 
  0. 
  

  

  JIaij 
  11. 
  Weather 
  dry. 
  Same 
  fields 
  visited 
  as 
  on 
  preceding 
  trip. 
  

   Entomological 
  conditions 
  substantially 
  as 
  before. 
  

  

  3Iay 
  23. 
  Many 
  dead 
  bugs 
  in 
  rye 
  field 
  visited, 
  and 
  some 
  also 
  in 
  

   wheat 
  and 
  oats: 
  all 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  Sporotrichum. 
  

  

  May 
  29. 
  The 
  heaviest 
  rain 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  had 
  fallen 
  here 
  

   May 
  27 
  — 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  according 
  to 
  a 
  local 
  observer 
  — 
  

   and 
  the 
  fields 
  were 
  still 
  very 
  muddy. 
  Old 
  bugs 
  seen 
  onh' 
  occasion- 
  

   ally, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  pairing, 
  but 
  young 
  just 
  hatched 
  and 
  those 
  in 
  

   first 
  and 
  second 
  stages 
  were 
  everywhere 
  abundant, 
  reddening 
  the 
  

   stems 
  of 
  wheat 
  in 
  many 
  places. 
  This 
  crop 
  was 
  good 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  

   however, 
  and 
  corn 
  and 
  oats 
  were 
  excellent, 
  there 
  being 
  very 
  few 
  bugs 
  

   at 
  this 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  oats. 
  Many 
  young 
  bugs 
  Avashed 
  away 
  from 
  their 
  

   food 
  phmt 
  and 
  thousands 
  of 
  them 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  fast 
  in 
  the 
  dirt 
  in 
  

   low, 
  damp 
  places: 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  with 
  Sporotrichum 
  or 
  Entomoph- 
  

   thora. 
  In 
  one 
  field 
  visited 
  old 
  bugs 
  dead 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  profuse 
  

   growth 
  of 
  Sporotrichum 
  were 
  very 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  

   field, 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  to 
  fifty 
  or 
  sixty 
  to 
  every 
  stool 
  of 
  wheat. 
  In 
  oats 
  

   adjacent 
  a 
  few 
  young 
  bugs 
  were 
  seen, 
  but 
  none 
  dead. 
  Also 
  quite 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  field 
  of 
  rye, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  adults 
  being 
  dead 
  with 
  Sporo- 
  

   trichum. 
  Many 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  dead 
  with 
  Entomophthora 
  also. 
  

   Much 
  more 
  abundant 
  here 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Tamaroa 
  region. 
  

  

  June 
  3. 
  One 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  of 
  rain 
  here 
  Maj' 
  31, 
  and 
  a 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  June 
  3. 
  Chinch-bugs 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  wheat 
  

   fields 
  visited, 
  damaging 
  them 
  so 
  badly 
  that 
  grain 
  will 
  hardly 
  be 
  worth 
  

   cutting. 
  Mostly 
  young 
  of 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  stages, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  

   adults. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  covered 
  with 
  Sporoirichum 
  

  

  