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Sphenophorus maidis, injuries since 1895 14-15 



larva, description and life history 16-19 



life history and description of stages 16-22 



pupa, description and life history 19-20 



related to Sphenophorus callosus 53 



remedial measures 22 



pertinax, name incorrectly used for Sphenophorus maidis 12 



robustus, name incorrectly used for Sphenophorus maidis 11-12 



sculptilis Horn=Sphenophorus callosus 54 



Vhler=Sphenophorus cariosus 54 



Sporobolus, hibernating shelter for chinch bug 35 



Sporotrichum globulifarum (see also Fungi parasitic on chinch bug). 



effect of dry weather thereon 32 



experiments in inoculation of dead chinch bugs. . . . 47-48 



live chinch bugs 48-50 



fungous parasite of chinch bug 40-50 



artificial introduction, 



field studies 44-46 



conclusions as to prac- 

 tical efficiency 50 



Squirrel, ground. (See Citellus townsendi.) 

 Stalk-borer, lesser corn. (See Diatrxa saccharalis.) 

 Stem-borer, timothy. (See Mordellistena ustulata.) 



Straw in piles, hibernating place of chinch bug 33 



Strychnia sulphate ineffective as repellent against false wireworms (Eleodes)- . 87 



Sugar sirup, food of Autographa gamma calif omica moths in confinement 110 



Tar, coal. (See Coal tar.) 



Tetramorium csespitum, enemy of Eleodes 85 



Thrasher, curve-billed. (See Toxostoma curvirostre.) 



Timothy, host plant of Mordellistena ustulata 2 



stem borer. (See Mordellistena ustulata.) 

 Toad, garden. (See Bufo sp.) 



horned (see also Phrynosoma cornutum). 



(Phrynosoma douglasii), enemy of false wireworms (Eleodes) 75, 85 



little horned, colloquial name for Phrynosoma douglasii 85 



sand, colloquial name for Phrynosoma douglasii 85 



Toxostoma curvirostre, enemy of Eleodes adults 84 



Tripsacum daclyloides, food plant of Sphenophorus callosus 58 



maidis 1 5-16. 21 



Tumbleweed. (See Panicum capillar e.) 



Turkeys, Eleodes adults distasteful and not eaten 84 



Tussock moth, white-marked. (See Hemerocampa leucostigma.) 



Vegetable matter, decaying, food of Eleodes adults 82 



Vetch, milk. (See Astragalus sp.) 



Webster, F. M., paper, "The So-Called Curlew Bug (Sphenophorus callosus 



Oliv.) " 53-71 



Wheat, seed, food of Corymbites inflatus 74 



Eleodes adults. 82 



Eleodes opaca 74 



suturalis 74 



false wireworms (Eleodes) 82 



