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notoccnr in such hordes 

 as they do in the West 

 even in the worst in- 

 fested farms. In small 

 fields there were many 

 isolated patches of a 

 few feet or rods in 

 extent. Only in one or 



FIG. U. CHINCH BUG, LARVA, PUPA AND EGG. *^° Pl^CeS did WB find 



wand 6, eggs; c, young larva: rf, tarsus of same; e, ^^rge Continuous areas 



larva after first molt; /", larva after second molt; g, :„f£,cforl Thoir -nroro 



pupa; /i, leg; i, beak or tubular mouth; J, tarsus of miestea. J-JJcy were 



™^^^^"«^"^- the worst in the low, 



sandy lands, but were found in some places on the uplands, not- 

 ably on the farm of Charles Chandler, Fryeburg Center. 



RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS. 



We began our observations at the farm of Mr. B. B. Woodward, 

 N. H., where we found the bugs in abundance, in small patches 

 in grass lands. This farm is the southern limit of the infested area 

 so far as we know, though they may be found farther south. Pro- 

 ceeding north we visited the farms of E. W. Burbank and Henry 

 Andrews, wheie the insects were working in patches. The grass 

 was dead and dry in one of these fields and the bugs were abundant 

 on the edges of the dead patches extending their depredations. 

 We burned over one of these patches to see what would be the 

 effect on the bugs, and found that only a few of them were killed. 

 Tbey work so deep about the roots of the grass that the heat does 

 not reach them. 



At the farm of Charles Chandler, Fryeburg Centre, they were 

 working upon the uplands and at George A. Charles' farm they had 

 destroyed the whole field. At the farm of Wilson Webb they had 

 been working in a field of corn. They had destroyed the adjoining 

 grass land and injured a few rows of corn at the edge of the field. 

 We found a large number of dead bugs covered with mold in the 

 sheaths of the leaves but was not able to decide that the fungus was 

 the cause of their death. 



The fungus proved to be a common mold and originated, probably, 

 in the juices exuded where the leaves were eaten and finally extended 

 to the dead insects. So far as we could learn but little damage is 

 ever done to corn by this pest. They were doing much damage on 



