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of Entomophtkora with illustrations by the Station Botanist. Sug¬ 
gests that crops subject to chinch-bug attack be grown on low 
ground when possible, and advises preservation of bugs dead with 
disease for future use. 
Howard, L. O.—The Chinch-bug; a general Summary of its His¬ 
tory, Habits, Enemies, and of the Bemedies and Preventives 
to be used against it. (Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div., Ent., 
No. 17; Rep. [CJ. S. ] Commiss. Agr., 1887, p. 51.) 
Quotes (p. 63) Shimer’s article of 1867 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phil.) and Forbes’s summary from his First Report as State Ento¬ 
mologist of Illinois (1882). Refers to Metschnikoff s article in the 
Zoologischer Anzeiger for 1880 (p. 44), and to other minor items. 
Lugger, Otto. —Fungus which Kill Insects. (Bull. 4, Minn. Ex- 
per. Station, Oct., 1888, p. 26; Rep. Dept. Agr. and Agr. 
Exper. Station, Univ. Minn., 1887-88, p 380.) 
A general discussion, with illustrations, of diseased grasshop¬ 
pers, silkworms, cabbage worms, house-flies and chinch-bugs. De¬ 
scribes occurrence of chinch-bug disease in spring of 1888, together 
with experiment for its dissemination in southern Minnesota. 
Lugger, Otto. —Notes on the Chinch-bug in Minnesota. (Insect 
Life, v. 1, No. 4, Oct., 1888, p. 113.) 
Note concerning the prevalence of a fungous disease (Entomoph- 
thora) of the chinch-bug in the southern counties of Minnesota in 
September, 1888, possibly due to the artificial introduction of diseased 
bugs which were mailed from the Agricultural Experiment Station to 
farmers there early in August. Apprehends little trouble in 1889. 
He says: “Chinch-bugs are nearly exterminated wherever the dis¬ 
ease has been artificially introduced. But the disease has also 
been at work at quite a distance from these'centers of introduc¬ 
tion, and consequently I am in doubt whether I re-introduced the 
disease or not.” At the Station the disease first appeared in holes 
used as traps for the bugs, spreading thence to fields of oats and 
wheat, and increasing rapidly until the weather became very hot 
and dry, when the disease was arrested except in very low or 
well-shaded fields. 
1889. 
Forbes, S. A.—The Eutomological Record for 1885-86. (Fifteenth 
Rep. State Ent. Ill., p. 1.) 
Reports prevalence and abundance of cabbage-worm flacherie in 
1885. 
Forbes, S. A.—Studies on the Chinch- bug. II. (Advance Sheets 
from Sixteenth Rep. State Ent. Ill., pp. 1, 45 and 56; same 
pp. of Report cited ) 
“The recent widespread appearance of three destructive conta¬ 
gious diseases of the chinch-bug, and a consequent diminution of 
