Bulletin No. 15, New Series. 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
THE CHINCH BUG: 
ITS PROBABLE ORIGIN AND DIFFUSION, ITS HABITS AND 
DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL CHECKS AND REMEDIAL 
AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES, 
WITH 
MENTION OF THE HABITS OF AN ALLIED EUROPEAN SPECIES. 
PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST, 
By F. M. AVEBSTER, 
Entomologist of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment station. 
WASHINGTON: 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
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