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  Nicholson, 
  H. 
  H., 
  and 
  Lloyd, 
  Rachel. 
  — 
  Experiments 
  in 
  the 
  Culture 
  of 
  the 
  Sugar 
  

   Beet 
  in 
  Nebraska. 
  (Bull. 
  No. 
  21, 
  Neb. 
  Agr. 
  Exper. 
  Station, 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  Art. 
  I., 
  

   Sugar 
  Beet 
  Series 
  No. 
  III., 
  p. 
  15; 
  Sixth 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Neb. 
  Agr. 
  Exper. 
  Station, 
  

   App., 
  p. 
  15.) 
  

  

  Mention 
  of 
  injury 
  to 
  beets 
  by 
  cutworms. 
  Amount 
  of 
  injury 
  as 
  related 
  to 
  previous 
  

   crop. 
  Destruction 
  by 
  poisoning. 
  

  

  Shaw, 
  G. 
  W. 
  — 
  Sugar 
  Beet. 
  (Oregon 
  Agr. 
  Exper. 
  Station, 
  Bull. 
  No. 
  17, 
  p. 
  15: 
  Bull. 
  

   No. 
  44, 
  p. 
  36.) 
  

  

  Under 
  " 
  Enemies," 
  Mo>io\ia 
  guttiilata 
  (see 
  Washburn, 
  1891), 
  Pliyllotreta 
  

   decipieyis, 
  and 
  cutworms 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  injurious. 
  

  

  1893. 
  

  

  Bruner, 
  Lawrence. 
  — 
  Report 
  upon 
  Insect 
  Injuries 
  in 
  Nebraska 
  during 
  the 
  Summer 
  

   of 
  1892. 
  Beet 
  Insects. 
  (Bull. 
  No. 
  30, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agr., 
  Div. 
  Eat., 
  pp. 
  36-41.) 
  

  

  Describes 
  injuries 
  by 
  Hadronema 
  jnilitayis, 
  blister-beetles, 
  white 
  grubs 
  (Lach- 
  

   noslerna), 
  the 
  beet 
  web-worm 
  [Loxostc^e 
  sti'cticah's), 
  the 
  garden 
  web-worm 
  (Loxo- 
  

   steg^e 
  sitnilalis), 
  Si7J)ha 
  opaca, 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  Manicstraz.x^^ 
  Antliomyia 
  . 
  Gives 
  also 
  

   remedies 
  and 
  preventive 
  measures 
  for 
  blister-beetles 
  and 
  white 
  grubs, 
  and 
  notes 
  on 
  

   the 
  life 
  histories 
  of 
  L. 
  stkticalis 
  and 
  Anthomyia. 
  

  

  Bruner, 
  Lawrence. 
  — 
  Something 
  about 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  Insect 
  Enemies 
  of 
  the 
  Sugar 
  

   Beet. 
  (Bull. 
  No. 
  27, 
  Neb. 
  Agr. 
  Exper. 
  Station, 
  Vol. 
  VI., 
  Art. 
  I., 
  Sugar 
  Beet 
  

   Series, 
  No. 
  V., 
  pp. 
  30-33 
  ) 
  

  

  General 
  preliminary 
  discussion 
  of 
  insects 
  injuring 
  beets 
  in 
  Nebraska, 
  including 
  

   I/adro)ic7na 
  tm'iilaris 
  (quite 
  numerous), 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  leaf-hoppers 
  not 
  specified, 
  

   white 
  grubs 
  (destroying 
  in 
  one 
  case 
  fully 
  fifteen 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  beets), 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  

   more 
  species 
  of 
  web-worms, 
  the 
  injuries 
  and 
  life 
  history 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  {Loxostege 
  

   slicticalis) 
  is 
  briefly 
  summarized. 
  Results 
  of 
  experiments 
  with 
  arsenical 
  and 
  kero- 
  

   sene 
  sprays 
  were 
  favorable. 
  Expenses 
  of 
  spraying 
  estimated. 
  

  

  LiNTNER, 
  J. 
  A. 
  — 
  Beet 
  Insects. 
  (Cultivator 
  and 
  Country 
  Gentleman, 
  Vol. 
  LVI., 
  July 
  

   16, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  577; 
  Ninth 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  on 
  the 
  Injurious 
  and 
  other 
  Insects 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  New 
  York, 
  pp. 
  374-376.) 
  

  

  Describes 
  injuries 
  to 
  beet 
  leaves 
  submitted 
  for 
  examination. 
  Infers 
  attack 
  by 
  

   tarnished 
  plant-bug, 
  flea-beetles, 
  and 
  leaf-miners. 
  Advises 
  use 
  of 
  kerosene 
  emulsion. 
  

  

  Riley, 
  C. 
  V. 
  — 
  -The 
  Sugar 
  Beet 
  Web-worm. 
  Loxostege 
  sticticalis 
  Linn. 
  (Rep. 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eitomologist, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Dept. 
  Agr. 
  for 
  1892, 
  pp. 
  172-175, 
  PI. 
  VI., 
  Fig. 
  1-3.) 
  

  

  Account 
  of 
  outbreaks 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  in 
  Nebraska 
  beet-fields 
  in 
  1891 
  and 
  1892, 
  with 
  

   details 
  of 
  its 
  successful 
  treatment 
  with 
  Paris 
  green. 
  Life 
  history 
  given 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   known; 
  also 
  brief 
  descriptions 
  of 
  egg 
  and 
  larva. 
  Moth 
  and 
  larva 
  contrasted 
  with 
  cor- 
  

   responding 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  "so-called 
  garden 
  web-worm."- 
  

  

  Riley, 
  C. 
  V., 
  and 
  Howard, 
  L. 
  O. 
  — 
  The 
  Sugar 
  Beet 
  Web-worm. 
  (Insect 
  Life, 
  Vol. 
  

   v., 
  July, 
  pp. 
  320-322. 
  Four 
  figures.) 
  

  

  Notes 
  additional 
  to 
  the 
  above, 
  with 
  account 
  of 
  experimental 
  economic 
  measures 
  

   for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  larval 
  cases 
  in 
  fall. 
  Conclusion 
  reached 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  larvse 
  

   left 
  undisturbed 
  in 
  beet 
  fields 
  will 
  transform 
  to 
  adults 
  and 
  stock 
  the 
  beet 
  plantations 
  

   with 
  their 
  eggs 
  — 
  probably 
  in 
  June. 
  Three 
  generations 
  believed 
  to 
  occur. 
  Recom- 
  

   mends 
  application 
  of 
  Paris 
  green 
  solution 
  on 
  first 
  appearance 
  of 
  larvae. 
  

  

  