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late or early, or not at all, editors state that they have never 
heard of serious injury to young wheat in fall, but suggest that 
it might be well to sow late, giving current reasons for their 
opinion As to injury the next season, they say: “The destruc¬ 
tive hosts of young chinch bugs do not make their appearance till 
near the middle of June, and at this time the winter wheat is 
usually too far advanced to be much injured bv them. Spring- 
wheat and barley are the crops in which chinch bugs have corn- 
mitted such havoc.” 
Shimer Henry— Entomological Notes. (Trans. Ill. StateHort. Soc.. 
1869, v. 3, n. s., pp. 275-281.) 
Refers to chinch-bug epidemic of 1865, and to confirmation of 
his predictions of subsequent immunity from them. Says there is much 
more to learn about the chinch bug, some obscurity yet lingering 
around its natural history. Speaks of larva of Hippodamici maculata 
and Chysopa plorctbunda feeding on chinch bugs, and states that 
he reared the former, under confinement, to the perfect state, 
feeding them with chinch bugs only. Details of observations and 
experiments showing that the Chrysopa feeds voraciously upon 
the chmch bug. Speaks at some length of the inherent' proba- 
biht^ ot epidennc diseases among the lower forms of life and 
says that the causes of disease among insects are laudable’ and 
proper objects for the study of the practical entomologist. ; 
1871. 
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Glover, Townend. Report of the Entomologist. (Rept fU S 7 
Commiss. Agric., 1870, p. 89, fig. 59.) 
. Glves s , hold general account of the chinch bug. Eggs deposited 
y oun f -about five hundred by one female. The insects, both 
noilou tl!e P ( UPa ' aS l 1 ^ i th 1 lmago ’ “puncture and apparently 
po son the terminal shoots, buds, and the most succulent parts, of 
bles bft P i o S f° £ if a , ln ’ gr ? S ’ n maize ’ P° tatoes > and othei vegeta- 
bles, but do not attack woody plants.” Two broods annually; per- 
ps thiee m the South. Most destructive in hot dry summers- 
heavy rams said to destroy them. Early grain most likely to 
escape their ravages. As remedies, recommends rolling, burning 
a f ve f> etatl ° n ancl rubbish along fences, burning dry straw ’on 
mfested h field^they congregate, and sowing gas lime broadcast over 
handful of ( ,° r , TT bush * ls to the acr e) or dropping a 
handful of it on each hill of corn when infested. He says: “ Ac¬ 
cording to Dr. Shimer, coal-tar is of no use as a remedy. Quails 
protected^ gr6fedlly Upon the insects > and should therefore 
[LeBaron, Wm. ] -Topics of Interest for the Coming Season : Chinch 
Maf 6 l°87l 0 ) 6S ’ 8nd ° 0dling Moths - (Prairie Farmer, 
BtaSlhfrr 1 ment r, -U the . chinch-bug situation in Illinois, 
grain c h h J lbernated 111 moderate numbers, and as 
unless Tune 1“ TA h ? does a PPrehend disastrous visitation 
unless June should be hot and dry. Awaits developments. 
