﻿July 
  17. 
  Twent}' 
  ronioved. 
  July 
  20, 
  'I-'), 
  and 
  25, 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fection, 
  b^xperiment 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  July 
  18. 
  Sixteen 
  removed. 
  July 
  IV) 
  and 
  20, 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fection. 
  July 
  2o, 
  one 
  bug 
  viath 
  Sporotrichum; 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   der 
  rotting. 
  July 
  25 
  and 
  29, 
  no 
  special 
  change. 
  Observation 
  dis- 
  

   continued. 
  

  

  July 
  20. 
  Twenty-four 
  removed. 
  One 
  dead 
  with 
  Kntomophthora 
  

   afternoon 
  of 
  same 
  day. 
  July 
  23. 
  two 
  dead 
  with 
  Sporotrichum 
  and 
  

   one 
  more 
  with 
  Entomophthora; 
  a 
  few 
  decaying 
  July 
  25 
  and 
  29, 
  no 
  

   change. 
  Experiment 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  July 
  21. 
  Forty 
  removed. 
  July 
  23. 
  one 
  dead 
  Avith 
  Sporotrichum; 
  

   many 
  others 
  with 
  soft 
  and 
  swollen 
  bodies, 
  indicating 
  bacterial 
  decay. 
  

   July 
  25, 
  one 
  more 
  covered 
  with 
  Sporotrichum. 
  July 
  29, 
  no 
  change; 
  

   experiment 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  July 
  22. 
  Twelve 
  removed. 
  July 
  23, 
  two 
  dead 
  with 
  Entomophthora 
  

   and 
  one 
  with 
  Sporotrichum. 
  July 
  25, 
  Entomophthora 
  poorly 
  de- 
  

   veloped, 
  Sporotrichum 
  profusely. 
  July 
  29, 
  no 
  change; 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  July 
  28. 
  Fresh 
  supply 
  of 
  living 
  bugs 
  added 
  from 
  same 
  field 
  as 
  

   original 
  stock, 
  but 
  collected 
  at 
  Edgewood 
  July 
  22. 
  

  

  July 
  24. 
  Seventeen 
  removed. 
  July 
  25, 
  six 
  dead, 
  with 
  an 
  extra- 
  

   ordinary 
  growth 
  of 
  Entomophthora; 
  others 
  unchanged. 
  July 
  29, 
  no 
  

   new 
  development; 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  July 
  25. 
  NumV)er 
  removed 
  not 
  recorded. 
  July 
  29, 
  two 
  exhi]>ited 
  

   Sporotrichum. 
  

  

  July 
  28. 
  Number 
  removed 
  not 
  recorded. 
  July 
  29. 
  five 
  dead 
  with 
  

   Sporotrichum 
  in 
  this 
  lot. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  bugs 
  removed 
  to 
  damp 
  sand 
  from 
  this 
  

   lot 
  was 
  something 
  over 
  two 
  hundred. 
  Sporotrichum 
  appeared 
  on 
  

   tw-enty 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  Entomophthora 
  on 
  sixteen. 
  

  

  JiilU 
  22. 
  Had 
  rained 
  a 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  preceding 
  days, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  tlie 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  21st, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  heavily 
  as 
  at 
  Odin 
  and 
  

   Tamaroa. 
  Live 
  bugs 
  distinctly 
  less 
  numerous 
  than 
  on 
  July 
  11. 
  

   Occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbsrs 
  upon 
  prostrate 
  stalks 
  of 
  

   corn, 
  but 
  commonly 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  only 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  pairs. 
  Mostly 
  

   adults, 
  but 
  some 
  in 
  the 
  pupal 
  and 
  even 
  younger 
  stages 
  still 
  to 
  be 
  

   found. 
  No 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  brood 
  and 
  no 
  eggs 
  were 
  seen. 
  

   Fresh 
  growths 
  of 
  either 
  Sporotrichum 
  or 
  Entomophthora 
  extremely 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  Jul// 
  30. 
  Second 
  brootl 
  of 
  young 
  just 
  emerging 
  from 
  egg 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers. 
  Advdts 
  less 
  numerous 
  than 
  on 
  previous 
  visit, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   still 
  pairing. 
  No 
  Entomophthora 
  si-en 
  and 
  l)ut 
  few 
  bugs 
  with 
  fresh 
  

   growth 
  of 
  Sporotrichum. 
  

  

  AiKjusi 
  10. 
  Notwithstanding 
  great 
  rains 
  of 
  three 
  weeks 
  before 
  

   (there 
  had 
  been 
  no 
  rain 
  since 
  July 
  23), 
  crops 
  now 
  showed 
  effects 
  of 
  

   drouth, 
  and 
  the 
  dust 
  waw 
  ankle 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  road--. 
  According 
  to 
  

   weather 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  local 
  observer, 
  the 
  average 
  maximum 
  tempera- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  preceding 
  days 
  was 
  99° 
  in 
  the 
  shade. 
  Field 
  of 
  

   "ninety-day'' 
  corn 
  noticed, 
  the 
  owium- 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  cutting 
  and 
  

  

  