12 

 1856. 



Fitch, Asa. — [Insects] Infesting Field Crops. 1. Wheat. Af- 

 fecting the Stalk. (Second Kept. Ins. N. Y., pp. 279-297.) 



An elaborate article on the Chinch Bug {Micropus leucopterus)^ 

 treating of its early history, distribution, life history, injuries, and 

 remedies. Three specimens taken in N. Y. Nine varieties de- 

 scribed. False chinch bugs described. 



1857. 



Prairie Farmer, April 9, 1857, v. 17, p. 113. 



A correspondent says, if spring wheat is sown as soon as the 

 frost is out of the ground it will escape destruction by chinch bug. 



Prairie Farmer, Aug. 13, 1857, v. 17, p. 262. 



Chinch bugs doing much injury in Brown county. 



Signoret, V. — Essai Monographique du Genre Micropus, Spinola. 

 (Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, V., ser. 3, p. 31.) 



"A technical description from specimens received from New 

 York and Cuba." [Not seen. See Howard's Bibliographical 

 List, Eept. (U. S.) Commiss. A^ric. 1887, p. 85.] 



1858 



Prairie Farmer, July 23, 1858, v. 18, pp. 23/, 241. 



A correspondent from Warren county reports that wheat is being 

 injured by rust and chinch bug. 



Item from ''Polo Advertiser," of July 15, saying that chinch 

 bug and rust are making sad havoc with the wheat. 



Emery's Journal of Agriculture, July 22, 1858, v. 2, p. 55. Wheat, 

 Corn, Oats, Grass, and Berries, in Egypt. 



A Marion county correspondent mentions a report tnat the chinch 

 bug and the Hessian fly have injured some fields of winter wheat. 



Prairie Farmer, July 30, 1858, v. 18, p. 249. 



The "Marion County Advocate" for July, 21, reports the chinch 

 bug as seriously damaging corn. 



Prairie Farmer, Aug. 13, 1858, v. 18, p. 264. The Grain Crop 

 of 1858. 



From Tjee and McHenry counties, correspondents report wheat 

 injured l:)y rust, blight, and chinch bug. 



HiNKLEY, H. — Wheat liaising. Chinch Bug. (Emery's Journal 

 of Agriculture, S(^pt. 16, 1858, v. 2, p. 182.) 



Lnst year chincli })ug8 not present on newly-opened prairie 

 farms. Tliis year they appeared in myriads just after liarvest, and 

 have attacked sorghum and destroyed second sowing of millet. They 



