practicable; but believes-that when bugs attack corn "it is possible 

 by great labor and expense to keep them down w4th hot water 

 carefully applied." Clean farming the most hopeful measure. 



Uhler, p. K. — Notice of the Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Col- 

 lection of the late T. W. Harris, M. D. (Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., Y. 19, 1876-1878, p. 392.) 



Bibliographical references. Mention of localities where Harris's 

 collections were made. His Massachusetts specimens, except one, 

 short winged; those from Illinois with hemelytra and wings fully 

 developed. 



1879. 



Etley, C. V. — Entomological Notes. The Chinch Bug. (Farmers' 

 Eeview, Feb., 1879.) 



"Discusses weather influence, and advances parallel between 

 Bocky Mountain locust and chinch bug; review of life history 

 and summary of facts from Seventh Mo. Bept. ; prediction of bugs 

 in 1879 if weather prove dry." [Not seen. See Howard's Biblio- 

 graphical List, Rept. [U. S.] Com mis. Agric, 1887, p. 88.] 



Daily Republican Register [Galesburg, 111.], June 9, 1879. 

 Chinch Bugs. 



In view of probable abundance of chinch bug editor urges 

 close observation concerning it, and solicits reports on various 

 points concerning its history, habits, etc. 



Chicago Times, July 19, 1879. 



A correspondent writes from Marion, Iowa, July 18: "The 

 chinch bug is making sad ravages in the wheat fields of this sec- 

 tion. Some farmers will not cut gram; others will secure about 

 one fourth a crop." 



1880. 



Thomas, Cyrus. — The Chinch Bug. Its History, Characters, and 

 Habits, and the Means of Destroying it or Counteracting its 

 Injuries. [Figures and Map showing distribution.] (Bull. 

 U. S. Ent. Commission, No, 5, 1879. [Not issued until 

 1880.] Advance sheets, concerning amount of injury, pub- 

 lished in Am. Ent., Feb., 1880, v. 3, p. 46; extract [The 

 Chinch Bug. Its Winter Habits] in Am. Ent., Apr., 1880, 

 V. 3, p. 85; and extracts in Globe-Democrat [St. Louis], Feb. 

 10, 1880; in Farmers' Review, Mar. 1, 1880; and in Prairie 

 Farmer, Mar. 8, 1880.) 



An exhaustive resume, of knowledge on the subject. Review of 

 literature containing history of the pest from 1783 to 1877, with 

 account of its destructiveness. Quotations from Say, Fitch, Le- 

 Baron, Shimer, Riley, and others, with brief summary of his own 

 article in the Seventh Illinois Report. Descriptions of all 



