VIII PAPERS OX CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS. 



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The so-called "curlew bug" (Sphenophorus callos us Oliv.) F. M. Webster.. 53 



Introduction 53 



History of the species 54 



Bureau notes 54 



Distribution 57 



Food plants 58 



Description and life history 59 



The egg 59 



The larva , 60 



The pupa 63 



The adult 63 



Recent investigations of the Bureau of Entomology - 68 



Remedial and preventive measures 69 



Natural enemies 71 



The false wireworms of the Pacific Northwest James A . Hyslop . . 73 



Introduction 73 



Historical 73 



Distribution 75 



The work in the Big Bend region of Washington 76 



Descriptions 78 



Eleodes letcheri vandykei Blaisd 78 



Eleodes pimelioides Mann 80 



Food substances 82 



Seasonal history 83 



Natural enemies and parasites 84 



Remedial and preventive measures 86 



The legume pod moth (Etiella zinclcenella schisticolor Zell.) James A. Hyslop. . 89 



Historical 89 



Synonymy and distribution 90 



Food plants 90 



Description 91 



Seasonal history 92 



Field work 94 



Artificial dissemination 103 



Parasites 104 



Remedial and preventive measures 104 



The legume pod maggot {Pegomya planipalpis Stein) James A. Hyslop. . 105 



General account 105 



Description 106 



Parasites 108 



. Remedial and preventive measures 108 



The alfalfa looper in the Pacific Northwest (Autographa gamma californica 



Speyer) Tames A . Hyslop . . 109 



Introduction 109 



Distribution 110 



Seasonal history 110 



Food plants 112 



Descriptions 112 



Parasites 114 



Diseases 118 



Remedies and preventives 118 



Index 119 



