INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1895. 
OTTO LUGGER. 
CHINCH-BUGS. 
It is not necessary to give in detail the life-history of this 
insect, as it has already been given in Bulletin No. 37, pub- 
lished by the Agricultural Experiment Station, which can still 
be had upon application. Yetas remedies depend very largely 
upon an intimate knowledge of this life-history, the essential 
points will be given. Fig. 1 illustrates the chinch-bug in its 
different stages: 

FIG.1. Different stages of the Chinch-Bug. showing Egg, Lurya. Pupa and Adult. 
After Riley. 
The Chinch-Bug, sometimes called the ‘‘Mormon Louse,” has 
received numerous other names, as may be seen by the list of 
names by whichit was mentioned in letters received in 1895. It 
has from time to time caused immense losses; for instance, 
Illinois alone lostin 1871 ten millions of dollars, while the total 
loss for the six central states in that year amounted to thirty 
millions of dollars. The estimated loss in 1874 was sixty mil- 
lion of dollars, and that of 1887 six hundred millions. In the 
same year Minnesota alone lost $6,790,821 in the counties 
