120 PAPEKS OX CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS. 
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Beet, sugar, roots food of false wirewormfl 82 
Billbug, maize. (See Sphenophorus msridw. I 
Bisulphid of carbon against legume pod moth (Etiella zinekenella schislicolor) . . 104 
Blackbird, Brewer's. (See Euphagus cyanocephalus. ) 
Bluebird, western. (See Sialia mexicana occidental is.) 
Bluegrass. (See Poa spp.) 
Botrytis rileyi, fungous parasite of Plusia brassicae 118 
Bracon sp., parasite of Etiella zinekenella schisticolor 104 
Braconid parasite of Etiella zinekenella schisticolor 89. 104 
Bromus secalinus, probable food plant of Mordellistena ustulata 2 
"Budworm," colloquial name for Diatrsea sp. on corn 69 
Bufo sp . , enemy of Eleodes 85 
Burning against chinch bug (Blissus leucopterus) 36-37 
maize billbug (Sphenophorus maidis) 22 
Butcher bird, enemy of Eleodes 85 
Cabbage, food plant of Autographa gamma californica 112 
Eleodes tricostata 73-74 
Calandra callosa= Sphenophorus callosus 54 
Calomagrostis. hibernating shelter of chinch bug 35 
Cane in piles, hibernating place of chinch bug 32 
Cannibalism in false wireworms in confinement 82 
Carexfrankii, food plant of Sphenophorus callosus 57, 58, 60 
vulpinoidea, food plant of Sphenophorus callosus 58 
Cecidomyia spp., hosts of Holaspis parellina and Holaspis papaveris 108 
Centrocercus urophasianus, enemy of Eleodes adults 84 
Chalcidids parasitic on Pegomya planipalpis 108 
Cheat. (See Bromus secalinus.) 
Chickens, enemies of Eleodes adults 84 
Chinch bug, control by parasitic fungi 40-50 
description 24 
destruction of those in hibernation 36-37 
which enter corn fields 38-39 
distribution west of Mississippi River 23-24 
generations, number 24 
hibernation 32-36 
in Kansas, 1911 30-32 
southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma, 1910 29-30 
migrations 24-26 
parasitic fungi 40-50 
plowing under infested crops for its destruction 39-^10 
preventive measures recommended 36-38 
remedial measures 38-39 
status in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma 26-32 
unsatisfactory remedial measures 39 
west of Mississippi River 23-52 
summary 50-52 
Chordeiles acutipennis texensis, enemy of Sphenophorus callosus 71 
Chrysolophus amherstx and adult Eleodes 84 
pictus and adult Eleodes 84 
Chufa. (See Cyperus esculentus.) 
Citellus columbianus, adults of Eleodes letcheri vandykei in burrows 83 
townsendi, adults of Eleodes obscura sulcipennis in burrows 76 
"Clewbug, " colloquial name for >'/</" nophorus callosus 53 
