Vol. 1, No. 3.] INSECT LIFE. [September, !§§§. 



Outlook for Locust or Grasshopper Injury.— One of the most important 

 results of the Kocky Mountain Locust investigation by the U. S 

 Entomological Commission is that, by visiting- the chief breeding- 

 grounds of the insect and noting the state of affairs there, it is 

 possible to i^redict in advance, with a high degree of probability, 

 whether or not there is any danger of extensive injury the ensuing 

 year in the temporary region, or country occasionally invaded. Fully 

 recognizing the economic imjiortance of tliis, we have, since our con- 

 nection with this Department, endeavored to have such observations 

 made, whenever practicable, as would give us the required knowledge; 

 and it is gratifying to know that the conclusions which we have hitherto 

 ventured to draw from the reports have been so far uniformly justified 

 by subsequent experience. Mr. Lawrence Bruner has just returned 

 from a visit to northwestern Nebraska, southwestern Dakota, and cen- 

 tral Wyoming, and has sent us a brief report of the results, which will 

 be found in this number. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that we 

 announce that, so far as this examination warrants an opinion, the out- 

 look for the coming year is most favorable. We are all the more 

 pleased to make this announcement because, from the accounts in the 

 Ottertail region of Minnesota earlier in the season, and the excessiv^e 

 drought that has prevailed for two or three years in some portions of 

 the West and Northwest, we had fears of serious injury in the near 

 future. 



While, therefore, the work of Mr. Lugger in Minnesota, and that of 

 Mr. Bruner in other parts of the Northwest, show favorably for the im- 

 mediate future, very considerable injury has been done by sedentary or 

 uon-migrator}^ species in some parts of the country the present year. 

 An account of very serious damage in Michigan from Caloptenus hivit- 

 tatus and C femur-ruhrum appears in the " Extracts from Correspond- 

 ence" in the present nnmber. 



We are much gratified at the manner iu which "Insect Life" has 

 been received, and with the many assurances from working entomolo- 

 gists of sympathy and support. We shall be glad to publish, from any 



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