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this list. These localities, however, are authoritative, and their reports 
furnished the main basis for the table which precedes. We may sum- 
marize these briefly as follows : 
Illinois, fifty-one counties, as follows: Stephenson, Winnebago, Lake, Carroll, Lee, 
Kendall, Will, La Salle, Rock, Mercer, Warren, Stark, Iroquois, Vermillion, Edgar, 
Douglas, Coles, Moultrie, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, 
Bond, Madison, Macoupin, Greene, Pike, Jersey, Saint Clair, Clinton, Washington, 
Marion, Clay, Lawrence, Wabash, Edwards, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Randolph, 
Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Massac, and Alexander. 
Indiana , twenty-five counties, as follows: Elkhart, Jasper, White, Huntington, 
Wells, Blackford, Jay, Warren, Montgomery, Wayne, Shelby, Johnson, Sullivan, 
Greene, Dearborn, Knox, Martin, Ohio, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vanderburgh, 
Warrick, and Spencer. 
Iowa, sixty-one counties, as follows: Winnebago, Worth, Mitchell, Howard, Win- 
neshiek, Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Chickasaw, Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, 
Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Franklin, Dubuque, Buchanan, Grundy, Hamilton, 
Webster, Calhoun, Sac, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Story, Marshall, Tama, Benton, 
Linn, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Iowa, Jasper, Dallas, Guthrie, Audubon, 
Shelby, Madison, Mahaska, Keokuk, Des Moines, Henry, Monroe, Lucas, Union, 
Adams, Montgomery, Mills, Fremont, Page, Taylor, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, 
Davis, Van Buren, Lee. 
Kansas, sixty-three counties, as follows: Cheyenne, Rawlins, Norton, Phillips, 
Jewell, Washington, Marshall, Nemaha, Brown, Wyandotte, Jefferson, Jackson, 
Shawnee, Douglas, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, Davis, Clay, Cloud, Mitchell, 
Rooks, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas, Sherman, Gove, Russell, Lincoln, Ottawa, Ells- 
worth, Saline, Dickinson, Morris, Osage, Franklin, Miami, Linn, Anderson, Coffey, 
Chase, Marion, McPherson, Rice, Barton, Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott, Ford, Pawnee, 
Stafford, Reno, Sedgwick, Allen, Neosho, Cherokee, Labette, Chatauqua, Cowley, 
Sumner, Barbour, Comanche. 
Kentucky, eight counties, as follows: Carroll, Pendleton, Bracken, Estill, Mercer, 
Union, Ballard, Marshall. 
Michigan, five counties, as follows: Manitou, Presque Isle, Saginaw, Shiawassee, 
Saint Joseph. , 
Minnesota, twenty -seven counties, as follows: Hubbard, Wadena, Todd, Crow Wing, 
Kanabec, Pine, Isanti, Chisago, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Carver, Scott, Rice, Wa- 
basha, Winona, Olmstead, Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Watonwan, Martin, Faribault, 
Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore, and Houston. 
Missouri, sixty counties, as follows: Atchison, Nodaway, Holt, Worth, Gentry, Har- 
rison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Adair, Linn, Clinton, Caldwell, Ray, Chariton, Ran- 
dolph, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Callaway, Copper, Johnson, Cass, Bates, Henry, Saiut 
Clair, Hickory, Osage, Maries, Gasconade, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Sainte 
Genevieve, Perry, Iron, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Butler, 
Wayne, Oregon, Shannon, Pulaski, Laclede, Wright, Douglas, Ozark, Christian, Web- 
ster, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, Barton, Lawrence, Barry, Newton, and Mc- 
Donald. 
Ohio , ten counties, as follows: Defiance, Wood, Geauga, Allen, Shelby, Darke, Frank- 
lin, Fairfield, Meigs, and Gallia. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
East of the Rocky Mountains the Chinch Bug seems to be indigenous 
North and South, feeding naturally upon various species of wild grasses 
and becoming multiplied wherever the cultivation of wheat has reached 
its original haunts. 
