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marked in the map, while the loss in others equally badly in- 
fested was not given. 
The adult bugs winter in various positions, and can be found 
in large numbers hidden between the stools of timothy and wild 
grasses. Rubbish of all kinds, but chiefly that of hedges, 
wind-breaks and along the edges of woods, as well as corn- 
fodder, logs and even loose bark and stones, offer shelter. In 
spring these bugs revive, and move to the nearest fields of 
small grains. Here they deposit their eggs, and careful inves- 
tigations by means of the microscope have shown that at least 
225 eggs can be deposited by each female. These small eggs, 
of which thirty arranged lengthwise in a line cover about one 
inch, are not all deposited at the same time, but only from 15 
to 20, which accounts for the fact that we may find adults, 
pups and larvee of various sizes all belonging to the same 
brood; this also accounts for the fact that it is difficult to dem- 
onstrate that the chinch-bugs have only two annual broods. 
Judging from the rapid increase in numbers farmers not un- 
frequently claim that this insect has at least one hundred annual 
generations! The eggs ofthe first brood are deposited at the 
roots of such plants as wheat, rye, barley and grasses; plants 
of the above kinds, that grow nearest to the winter quarters of 
the insects, are first selected. The fact that grain-fields near 
edges of woods, or upon slopes, suffer most, is thus readily 
accounted for. But since the bugs fly at this period, fields 
suitable for them, i. e. fields with a poor stand of plants, are 
selected and utilized. A good farmer, or one that is an agri- 
culturist and not a pirate, a man that feeds his land as he ex- 
pects to be fed by it in return, never suffers as much from 
chinch-bugs as an ignorant and slovenly one. When the plants 
infested by chinch-bugs no longer afford liquid sap, the bugs 
of the first generation have to search for fresher material, and 
as they prefer to migrate on foot large armies are formed which 
move towards the nearest corn fields. They move most gener- 
ally on foot, though many of the bugs already have wings, and 
in certain exceptional conditions will use them. After 
reaching the corn the eggs for the second generation are de- 
posited, which mature in time, and produce the insects that 
search, on foot or wing, for sheltered places in which to winter. 
