practicable; but believes that when bugs attack corn “it is possible 
Dy great labor and expense to keep them down with hot water 
carefully applied.” Clean farming the most hopeful measure. 
Dhler, P. R. —Notice of the Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Col¬ 
lection of the late T. W. Harris, M. D. (Proc. Boston Soc. 
Nat. Hist., v. 19, 1876-1878, p. 392.) 
Bibliographical references. Mention of localities where Harris’s 
jollections were made. His Massachusetts specimens, except one, 
short winged; those from Illinois with hemelytra and wings fully 
leveloped. 
1879. 
Rley, C. Y.—Entomological Notes. The Chinch Bug. (Farmers’ 
Review, Feb., 1879.) 
“Discusses weather influence, and advances parallel between 
locky Mountain locust and chinch bug; review of life history 
nd summary of facts from Seventh Mo. Rept.; prediction of bugs 
n 1879 if weather prove dry.” [Not seen. See Howard’s Biblio¬ 
graphical List, Rept. [U. S.] Cominis. Agric., 1887, p. 86.] 
)aily Republican Register [Galesburg, Ill.], June 9, 1879. 
Chinch Bugs. 
In view of probable abundance of chinch bug editor urges 
lose observation concerning it, and solicits reports on various 
•oints concerning its history, habits, etc. 
Chicago Times, July 19, 1879. 
A correspondent writes from Marion, Iowa, July 18: “The 
hinch bug is making sad ravages in the wheat fields of this sec- 
ion. Some farmers will not cut gram; others will secure about 
ne fourth a crop.” 
1880. 
’homas, Cyrus. —The Chinch Bug. Its History, Characters, and 
Habits, and the Means of Destroying it or Counteracting its 
Injuries. [Figures and Map showing distribution.] (Bull. 
U. S. Ent. Commission, No. 5, 1879. [Not issued until 
1880.] Advance sheets, concerning amount of injury, pub¬ 
lished in Am. Fnt., Feb., 1880, v. 3, p. 46; extract [The 
Chinch Bug. Its Winter Habits] in Am. Ent., Apr., 1880, 
v. 3, p. 85; and extracts in Globe-Democrat [St. Louis], Feb. 
10, 1880; in Farmers’ Review, Mar. 1, 1880"; and in Prairie 
Farmer, Mar. 8, 1880.) 
An exhaustive resume of knowledge on the subject. Review of 
terature containing history of the pest from 1783 to 1877, with 
3count of its destructiveness. Quotations from Say, Fitch, Le- 
-aron, Shimer, Riley, and others, with brief summary of his own 
rticle in the Seventh Illinois Report. Descriptions of all 
