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77 Isosoma grande Riley. Principal food plant: wheat. 

 Treatment: same as preceding. 



Chief accessible articles: Riley, C. V. U. S. dep't agric. Rep't, 

 '84. p. 357-58; Webster, F. M. U. S. dep't agric. Rep't, '84. p. 383-87; 



■ ■ , Rep't, '85. p. 311-15; Riley, C. V. U. S. dep't agric. 



Rep't, '86. p. 542-46. 



78 Chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus Say. Principal 

 food plants: grasses, small grains, corn. 



Treatment: Burn grass, etc. sheltering hibernating bugs, sow 

 decoy plots, plow badly infested areas or spray with kerosene 

 emulsion, protect cultivated crops by barriers. 



Chief accessible articles: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 2d rep't, '85. 

 p. 148-64; Webster, F. M. U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Bui. 15, n. s. 

 '98. p. 1-82. 



79 Red-legged locust, Melanoplus femur-rubrum 

 DeG. Principal food plants: grasses and grains. 



Treatment: Plow young hoppers under, collect with hopper- 

 dozer; poisoned bran mash. 



Chief accessible article: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 10th rep't, '94. 

 p. 439-45. 



80 Melanoplus f e in o r a t u s Burm. Same as 79. 



81 Pellucid locust, Camnula pellucid a Scudd. Same 

 as 79. 



82 Carolina locust, Dissosteira Carolina Linn. Same 

 as 79. 



83 Circotettix verruculatus Scudd. Same as 79. 



HOUSEHOLD INSECTS (84-99) 



84 Little red ant, Monomorium pharaonis- Linn. 

 Principal food: sweets, lard, etc. 



Treatment: Destroy nests with carbon bisulfid, kerosene 

 emulsion or boiling water, trap with lard or sponge dipped in 

 sweetened water and destroy. 



Chief accessible articles: Marlatt, C. L. U. S. dep't agric. div. 



ent. Bui. 4, n. s. '96. p. 95-99; Circ. 34, 2d s. '98. p. 1-4;. 



Lintner, J. A., state ent. 11th rep't, '95. p. 109-14; Felt, E. P. 

 N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. '99. 59:298-99. 



