126 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
CHAPTER. >. 
INSECTS. 
The purpose of this chapter is to describe 
briefly some of the more injurious insects affect- 
ing the corn plant or its seed and to suggest 
remedies with which to suppress them. ‘The 
descriptions and remedies are those given by 
economic entomologists of high standing, and 
more especially by Prof. F. M. Webster, ento- 
mologist of the Ohio experiment station; Dr. J. 
A. Lintner, New York State entomologist, and 
Prof, 8. A. Forbes, Illinois State entomologist. 
From a valuable paper by Webster on “ Insects 
Affecting the Corn Crop” * numerous important 
descriptive abstracts were made. The State 
reports of Forbes and Lintner were also freely 
used, 
Injuring seed after planting.— Te seed corn 
fly (Phorbia fusiceps, Zetty). This is a yellow- 
ish-white, footless maggot, about one-fourth 
inch long, blunt at posterior and pointed at 
anterior end. It feeds on the substance of the 
*Report Indiana State Board of Agriculture, 1885, pp. 
180-215. 
