VIII PAPERS ON CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS. 
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The so-called "curlew bug" (Sphenophorus callosus Oliv.) F. M. Webster.. 53 
Introduction 53 
History of the species 54 
Bureau notes 54 
Distribution 57 
Food plants 58 
Description and life history 59 
The egg 59 
The larva 60 
The pupa 63 
The adult 63 
Recent investigations of the Bureau of Entomology 68 
Remedial and preventive measures 69 
Natural enemies 7] 
The false wireworms of the Pacific Northwest James A. Hyslop. . 73 
Introduction 73 
Historical 73 
Distribution 75 
The work in the Big Bend region of Washington 76 
Descriptions 78 
Eleodes letcheri xandykei Blaisd 78 
Eleodes pimelioides Mann 80 
Food substances 82 
Seasonal history 83 
Natural enemies and parasites 84 
Remedial and preventive measures 86 
The legume pod moth (Etiella zinckenella schisticolor Zell .) James A . Hyslop . . 89 
Historical 89 
Synonymy and distribution 90 
Food plants 90 
Description 91 
Seasonal history 92 
Field work 94 
Artificial dissemination 103 
Parasites 104 
Remedial and preventive measures 104 
The legume pod maggot (Pegomya planipalpis Stein) James A. Hyslop. . 105 
General account 105 
Description 106 
Parasites 108 
Remedial and preventive measures 108 
The alfalfa looper in the Pacific Northwest (Autographa gamma cali/ornica 
Speyer) James A . Hyslop . . 109 
Introduction 109 
Distribution 110 
Seasonal history 110 
Food plants. 112 
Descriptions 112 
Parasites 114 
Diseases 118 
Remedies and preventives 118 
Index , 119 
