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286. THE AMERICAN LOCUST. 



Schistocerea americana Dr. 

 [Feeds on the leaves. 



Araclioida. 



287. THE RUST MITE. 



Tetranychus sp. 

 [Catwes rusty -brown spots on the leaves.] 



Injuring the Stalk. 



Lepidoptera. 



288. SMALLER CORN STALK-BORER. 



Pempelia lignosella Zell. 

 [LarvsB bore in stalks.] 



Eemedy: Plow under or burn stubble. 



Chief Article: Eiley, Eept. Dept. Agr., 1881, pp. 142-145. 



289. THE LARGER CORN STALK-BORER. 



Diatrcea saccharalis F. 

 [Larvae bore in stalks.] 



Eemedy : Plow under or burn stubble. 



Chief Article : Howard, " Insect Life," iv, p. 95. 



290. STALK BORER. 



Gortyna nitela Guen. 

 [Larvae bore in stalks.] 



Chief Articles: Eiley, 1st Eept. Ins. Mo., pp. 92-93 ; Lintner, 1st 

 Rept. Ins. N. Y., p. 110. 



291. CORN STALK MAGGOT. 



Chcetopsis cenea Wied. 

 [Larvae bore in centre of stalk.] 



Ortnoptera. 



292. ORCHELIMUM VULGARE Harr. 



[Deposits eggs in stalks.] 



293. SCUDDERIA PISTILLATA Bruner. 



[Deposits eggs in stalks. 1 



Injuring* the Kernels or Ears* 

 Hymenoptera. 



294. THE SMALL BLACK ANT. 



Honomorium minutum Buck. 

 [Adults eat into injured kernels.] 



295. THE LITTLE BLACK ANT. 



Prenolepis nitens Mayer. 

 Adults eat sprouting kernels.] 



