Comstock, J. H.—[The Chinch Bug.] (Introduction to Entomol¬ 
ogy, p- 210, fig.) | 
Short description of the adult with summary of life history and 
habits. Satisfactory means of preventing ravages yet to. be dis¬ 
covered. A few of the common remedial measures mentioned. 
Eorbes, S. A.—Relation of Wheat Culture to the Chinch Bug. I 
(Proc. 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Promo¬ 
tion of Agricultural Science, 1888, pp. 27-33.) 
Elaborate discussion of the effect of an increasing acreage of 
wheat on chinch-bug increase. Data derived from reports of 
township assessors for 1886-87, and from replies by assessors 
to circular of inquiry. Separate tabulation and discussion for 
Southern, Western, Central, Eastern, and Northern Illinois, and 
for the whole State. General conclusion: the cliinch-bug injury 
increases, broadly speaking, with increase of wheat area. Final 
conclusions postponed until data have been more thoroughly 
studied. 
