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Can. Nat., v. 8. 



* 890. S: H. ScuDDER. New and interestino; insects from 

 the Carboniferous of Cape Breton, p. 88-90, fig. 1-2. 

 [Apr., 1876.] Also separate. 2 p. 1 17 X 9, fig. 1-2. 



[Same as the article cited in Rec, no. 582.] 



* 891. G: M. Dawson. Notes on the locust invasion of 

 1874 in Manitoba and the north-west territories, p. 119-184. 



[Nov., 1876.] 



Habits, history and ravages of Caloptenus sprelus. Summary of inform- 

 ation collected from the region lying north of Lat. 49° N., towards the 

 history of the invasion of the summer of 1874. A belt of coniferous forest 

 seems to arrest the invasions. 



* 892. G: M. Dawson. Notes on the appearance and 

 migrations of the locust in Manitoba and the north-west ter- 

 ritories—Summer of 1875. p. 207-226. [Apr., 1877.] 



Information similar to that about the invasion of 1874. Two classes of 

 locusts occurred : the natives and the invaders mostly from the south; 

 hatching began as early as May 7, and was noticed in September, where the 

 ground was overflowed all summer; migrations of natives were mostly to- 

 wards the southeast and south. 



* 893. J. F. Whiteaves. Obituary notice of Elkanah 

 Billings, F. G. S. p. 251-261. [July, 1877.] 



Mr. Billings was born May 5, 1820, and died June 14, 1876. 



* 894. C: V. Riley. The Rocky Movmtain locust, p. 

 363-374. [Dec, 1877.] 



[From Amer. Nat., v. 11, p. 663-673 ] Distinctive characters and evo- 

 lutionary history of Caloptenm sprtlns\ its habits and .means against it. 



* 895. Field and Forest, v. 1 (1875-1876), contains the 

 following, and nos. 896 to 909. 



a. Unusually great killing of horses and mules in the southcentral U. S., 

 by the "buffalo gnat," in the spring of 1875, p. 2. h. Pieris rapae found 

 27 April, Dorijphora 10-lineata 12 May, Anthrenus varius on flowers of 

 Spiraea early in May (by C: R. Dodge), p. 8. c. A late cold winter not 

 destructive of eggs of Caloptenus spretus, p. 8. d. Dorijpliora 10-Uneata 

 eaten by chickens, p. 16. e. Figure of larva of Ephemera, pi. l,fig. 15, 

 opposite p. 24. /. Occurrence of Doryphora 10-lineata in Vermont, Can- 

 ada and Ehode Island, p. 28. g. A pump useful in warfare against insects, 

 p. 31. h. Florida litany [verses upon insect pestsj, p. 32. i. Locusts 

 gnawing the edge from a scythe in eating the juices of grass hardened into 

 a gum upon it, p. 32. /. How a scorpion kills flies (by C: R. Dodge), p. 

 42. Ic. Description of the cases used by the Department of Agriculture 

 for the preservation of its collection of insects (by C: R. Dodge), p. 43. 



