﻿OP THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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The Insidious Flower-bug (^Anthocoris insidiosus^ 

 Say, Fig. 7.) which is so often found preying on the 

 leaf-inhabiting form of the Grape Phylloxera, and 

 which is not unfrequently mistaken for the Chincb 

 Bug, is quite commonly found in connection with 

 this last, and in all probabitity preys upon it. 



The Many-banded Robber tFig. 8.] 



( Harpactor' cincius, Fabr. 

 INSIDIOUS fIoweb-bug. Fig. 8.), also preys upon the 

 Chinch Bug. It is quite frequently met with 

 and I have detected it in the act. 



"The common Quail of the Middle and 

 Western States (Ortyx Virginiana) otherwise 

 known as the Partridge in the Northern States, ^uny-b^v^ded robber. 

 has long since been known as a most efficient destroyer of chinch 

 bugs, and the fact was some time ago published by myself in the 

 Pra/?'?*d farmer, and by others in various agricultural journals and 

 Reports. We also have the corroborative testimony of Dr. Shimer, 

 who is a good ornithologist. In the Winter time, when hard pushed 

 for food, this bird must devour immense numbers of the little pests 

 which winter in just such situations as are frequented by the Quail;. 

 and this bird should be protected from the gun of the sportsman in 

 every State where the Chinch Bug is known to run riot." It is grati- 

 fying to know that this fact has become sufficiently recognized to have 

 gained for the bird legislative protection in Kansas. Prairie chickens 

 are also reported as devouring it, but I do not know that any absolute 

 proof has been given. Mr. J. W. Clarke, of Green Lake county. Wis., 

 also reports seeing the Red-winged Blackbird feeding on it.* Finally, 

 Mr. B. W. Webster, of Austin, Cass county, and G. C. Brackett, Sec- 

 retary of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, have both written 

 me to the effect that ants destroy its eggs. 



POSSIBLE REMEDIAL AND PREVENTI\'E MEASURES THAT NEED FURTHER \isD- 



THOROUGH TRIAL. 



There are a number of possible remedies or preventive measures 

 that suggest themselves to any one having a thorough acquaintance 

 with the insects' economy, the thorough trial and test of which will 

 require much time, labor and expense. There are others which are 

 from year to year continually recommended on pretty good authority. 



*Prairie Farmer, April 9, 1870. 



