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The Rocky Mountain Locust 1-1 



Its Natural History— Where the Eggs are laid by Preference— The migi-atory Instinct and 

 great destructive Power belong to but one Species west of the Mississippi— Easily 

 conlbunded with the Red-legged Locust— Descriptive— Chronological History— The 

 Invasion of 1873- The Invasion of 1874; each State and Territory considered sepa- 

 rately—Its Flight and Ravages— Food-i)lants— Time of Appearance— Its native Home; 

 it cannot thrive in the Mississippi Valley, and can never reach far into Missouri — 

 What Injury may be expected in Missouri in 1875 — Ravages of migratory Locusts in 

 the Atlantic States— Injury from other, non-migratory Locusts— Enemies and Para- 

 sites — Remedies — Preventive Measures — Suggestions that may prove of Value— Nomen- 

 clature— j4p/)e«rf(>, giving the Experience of a few Correspondents. 



