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Agonoderus pallipes, enemy of chinch bug 60 
Amaranth, food planl of Vysius angustatus 32 
IntJiocoris pseudo-chinche Triphleps insidiosus GO 
Ants, enemies of chinch bug 00 
Aphides, Entomophthora aphidis a fungus enemy -IT 
Aphodius inqu hiatus, migrating habit 19 
serval, migrating habit 1!) 
Arrhenatherum, food planl <>t' chinch bug 31 
Bacillus insectorum, bacterial enemy of chinch bus 57 
Bacteria] enemies of chinch bug 57,58 
Barley, food plant of chinch bug 31 
Barriers, use againsl chinch lmu 05-00,72 
Blackbird, redwing, enemy of chinch bug 59 
Blissus, distribution of genus 9 
dorice, habits 83-87 
migratory habit contrasted with that of chinch bug 19 
no disinclination to use wings, as with chinch bug 24 
leucopterus. (See also Chinch bug.) 
locality records 9-10 
Bluegrass. < See ]'<>« pratensis. I 
Bobwhite. (See Colinus virginianus.) 
Botrytis, Sporotrichum globuliferum closely allied 53 
wrong determination of Sporotrichum globuliferum 46 
Brachyrhynchus granulatus, mistaken for chinch bug 32-33 
Buckwheat, wild, i See Polygonum dumeiorum or P. convolvulus. ) 
Burning over to destroy chinch bug 61-62,72 
Cabbage bug, harlequin, i See Murgantia histrionica.) 
Capriola dactylon, \'<h><\ plant of chinch bug 31 
Carpocapsa pomonella, change of habits in South Australia 20 
Catbird, enemy of chinch bug 59 
Cenchrus, only grass not attacked by chinch bus 13 
Chinch bug. (See also Blissus leucopterus.) 
adult, description 22 
appearance unique 71-75 
bacterial enemies 57. 58 
behavior when attacked by Sporotrichum globuliferum 55 
benefit alleged therefrom . 29 
bird enemies 58-59 
descriptions of stages 21-22 
destructiveness largely due to gregarious habits 28 29 
development ' 22-25 
diffusion, previous ideas 87 
probable course— - 78-83 
reasons for present theory— _ . 88-90 
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