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THE CHINCH BUG. 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST. 
[This is simply a list of the more important of the Chinch-bag articles. No men- 
tion is made of a very large number which we have seen, but which contain nothing 
new or original. Every progressive step of knowledge is mentioned in some one of 
the articles here mentioned.] 
1831. Say, Thomas. Lygceus lencopterus. Descriptions of new species of Heterop- 
terous Hemiptera of North America, New Harmony, Ind., Dec. 1831. Com- 
plete writings. Ed. by LeConte, Yol. I, p. 329. 
(Original description ; described from a single specimen taken in Virginia.) 
1845. Prairie Farmer, V., 227. 
(Injuries in Hancock County, Illinois.) 
Prairie Farmer, V., 287. Chinch Bugs. 
(Injuries in Tazewell County, Illinois. An account of their season’s history.) 
1846. Prairie Farmer, VI., 134. The Chinch Bug. 
(Injuries in Sangamon County, Illinois.) 
Prairie Farmer, VI., 245. Chinch Bugs. 
(Injuries in Cass County, Illinois.) 
1850. Le Baron, Wm. Rhyparochromus, devastator. Prairie Farmer, Vol. X, p. 200. 
(Described imago, and proposes specific name devastator ; mentions that eggs are de- 
posited on roots; points out its destructive characters as an insect enemy.) 
1851. Prairie Farmer, XI., 335. The Chinch Bug. 
(Distribution within the State of Illinois.) 
1852. Harris, T. W. Rhyparochromus lencopterus. Treatise on insects of Massa- 
chusetts. 
(Describes briefly imago ; speaks of distribution and injuries. Records finding in his 
garden in 1852.) 
1855. Fitch, Asa. Micropus leucopterus. The Cultivator, 3d series, III, 237-239. 
(Correspondent writes from Indiana. Fitch gives account of habits and injuries, past 
history, and nomenclature. ) 
1856. Fitch, Asa. Micropus leucopterus. Second Rep. Ins. N. Y., pp. 227-297, Plate 
IV, figs. 2 and 2®. 
(Gives 1783 as date when first known as insect depredator on wheat in North Carolina. 
Notes its occurrence at several times during next fifty years in such numbers as to 
nearly destroy the wheat crop. Farmers ceased to plant wheat for a couple of years 
as only known remedy. Alludes to drought which prevailed during period of injury, 
and their destruction by wet weather, 1840. First attracted attention in Western 
States, 1840-44. Describes young larvae. Mentions briefly a number of varieties. 
Gives history of nomenclature. Suggests spraying infested fields with water as a 
practical remedy.) 
1857. Signoret, V. Micropus leucopterus Say. Essai monographique du Genre Micro- 
pus, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, V, 3d series, p. 31. 
(A technical description from specimens received from New York and Cuba.) 
1861. Walsh, B. D. Chinch Bug. Insects injurious to Vegetation in Illinois. 
Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc., Vol. 4, 1859-’60, pp. 346-349. 
(First notice of four Ladybird enemies of the Chinch Bug. Figures Hipp. maculata, and 
Coccinellamumla.) 
1862. Harris, T. W. Rhyparochromus leucopterus. Insects injurious to Vegetation, 
3d ed., pp. 197-200, fig. 84. (See under 1852.) 
1865. Riley, C. V. The Chinch Bug. Prairie Farmer, September 19, 1865. 
(Exposes the fallacy of a reported observation by Mr. D. H. Sherman in the Waukegan 
Gazette, to the effect that the eggs are laid upou the wheat-head.) 
