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[REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS RELATIVE TO HESSIAN FLY.] Amer. Mus. 
[Matthew Carey’s] 4: 245-247. 1788. 
Reports observations on oviposition, effect on wheat, and fly-proof varieties 
of wheat. 
VERRALL, G. H. See Ritey, C. V. 
Vinson, C. G. See Haszman, L. 
VROOMAN, C. (1109) 
GRAIN FARMING IN THE CORN BELT. U.S.Dept.Agr., Farmers’ Bull. 704, 
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ENTOMOLOGY—THE WHEAT MIDGE. Gard. Chron. [London] 1847: 604, 
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Damage by fly; habits; note on parasites. 
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LETTER ON THF HESSIAN FLY, ADDRSSED TO ... PRESIDENT OF PHILADELPHIA 
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11: 301-3802. 1792. 
Records arrival of fly in Delaware ‘‘in prodigious clouds;” gives effects 
on wheat; advises steeping seed wheat in ‘‘a strong brine, or a decoction 
of * * * nauseous herbs”’ as 2 means of prevention. 
W., W. J. (1112) 
HESSIAN FLY IN OLD STRAW. Natl. Stockman and Farmer 44: 662. 1920. 
Reply to correspondent in Muskingum County, Ohio, regarding use of old 
straw infested by fly; safe seeding date. 
Wank, J. S., and Myrzrs, P. R. (1118) 
OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO RECENT RECOVERIES OF PLEUROTROPIS EPIGONUS 
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Recapitulates briefly the history of the introduction of the hessian fly 
parasite Pleurotropis epigonus Walker, and gives all known records of distri- 
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Wane, O. See Sanporn, C. E. 
WADHAMS, S. W. (1114) 
HESSIAN FLY. Country Gent. 66: 740. 1901. 
Control by trap crop. 
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TRAPS FOR THE HESSIAN FLY. Rural New Yorker 60: 674-675. 1901. 
Method of using trap crop. 
WabswortH, D. (1116) 
LETTER RELATIVE TO THE HESSIAN FLY. [Two letters.] Amer. Mus. [Mat- 
thew Carey’s] 2: 175-176, 458-459. 1787. 
Report on experiment in steeping seed wheat in water in which elder 
twigs had been soaked. 
WAGNER, B. CEA} 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEW CROP GALL-GNAT, 1861. U.S.Ent.Comn. Rpt. 
3, App. 2—b [Hessian fly], pp. [24]-[38]. (Translated from Untersuchun- 
gen wiber die neue Getrerdegailmiicken [Fulda und Hersfeld], 41 pp., illus.) 
1883. 
Comparison of Cecidomyia secalina Loew with Cecidomyia destructor Say. 
Is name of hessian fly justified? Attempt at new theory on origin; para- 
sites; control; bibliography. 
WaALpRoN, C. B. j (1118) 
THE ARMY WORM AND THE WHEAT FLY. N.D. Agr. Expt. Sta. Ann. Rpt. 7: 
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General attack on wheat fields ‘‘by either Hessian fly or frit fly.” 
