144 
1867 
Shimer, H.—Notes on Micropus ( Lygceus) leucopierus, Say (“the 
Chinch Bug”). With an Account of the Great Epidemic 
of 1865 among Insects. (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., May, 
1867, [v. 19], pp. 75, 234.) 
Description of this disease; not at present identifiable. 
Walsh, B. D.—A Plant growing out of an Insect. (Prac. Ent. 
Aug.-Sept., 1867, v. 2, p. 116; Am. Ent, Dec., 1868, v. 1, 
p. 77.) 
On Cordyceps from Iowa. Large numbers of infested white 
grubs turned up by plow. Writer supposes that the grub has 
eaten poisonous seed, which has germinated after killing the in¬ 
sect, Hopes that kind of seed may be discovered and sown where 
grubs are abundant. 
1868. 
Shimer, H.—Nature’s Method of controlling Noxious Insects. 
(Trans. N. Ill. Hort. Soc., 1867-68, p. 96.) 
Reprints article from Proceedings of Philadelphia Academy of 
Natural Sciences for 1867. Says further that he could not find a 
single chinch-bug last summer [1867] by diligent search. 
1869a 
Early S. H. Y.—Fungoid Growths ion white grub]. (Am. Ent. 
v. 1, p. 92.) 
Very common in Virginia. Believed there to produce a poison¬ 
ous mushroom. 
Ratzeburg, J. T. C.~[Fungoid Parasitism of Insects.] (Proc. 
Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., April, 1869, v. 12, p. 381.) 
Letter to Dr.. H. A. Hagen quoted. Finds an inverse relation 
between parasitism by insects and by fungi. 
Riley, C. V.—The Periodical Cicada. (First Ann. Rep. State 
Ent. Mo., 1869, p. 18.) 
On page 26, are remarks on enemies of the cicada, with note of 
Dr. W. D. Hartman on a greenish powdery fungus found with¬ 
in it. 
Riley, C. V.—The White Grub. (First Ann. Rep. State Ent. 
Mo., 1869, p. 156.) 
Notes on a Cordyceps infesting the larva of the May beetle, 
with figure. 
Walsh, B. D., and Riley, C. V.—Fungoid Growths. (Am. Ent., 
Jan., 1869, v. 1, p. 91.) 
Publication of, and remarks on, a communication from S. H. Y. 
Early. Fungoid growths on white grub very common in Vir¬ 
ginia, and believed to produce a poisonous mushroom. 
