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INDEX. 



F 



PAGE 



Further Notes and Experiments on the Army 



Worm 47 



Gooseberry Worms, Currant and 1 



' • Span Worm, The 3 



A Native Species 5 



How li Spreads j 



It prefers the Gooseberry to the Cuirant b 



Its Natural History ;{ 



Its past Hisiory r> 



Parasites G 



Kemeiiies t; 



The Motu is closely imitated 6 



Gordius aquaticus 98 



Ground- beetle Larvte preying on Locust Eggs . . 97 



" beetles preying on Locusts 98 



H 



Hair-worms 98 



HarpalusV Larvie feeding on Locust Eggs 97 



Harpalus pennaylvanicas 98 



Hatching of J^ociists 89 



Hellgrammite, The lio 



Characters of the Young Larva 127 



Eggs hitherto supposed to belong to It 1'28 



Its curious bgg-mass 126 



Probable Eggs of Belostom^ grandis 128 



The Larva lives in rapid flowing streams.. 128 



Where and how the Eggs are laid 127 



Hemiteles nematiuorus 17 



How Locust Egtrs are laid 86 



" the Colorado Potato-beetle traveled a7 



" " " " " aUected the 



Price of Potatoes. . 39 



" " Eggs of the R. M. Locust are laid. . . 8(i 



" " young Locust escapes from the Egg. . 88 



Horned Lark 91 



I 



Ichneumon? Parasite of Locust Eggs 96 



Ichneumon brevipennis "^ ^S 



' ' obsotetus 55 



Imported Currant Worm, The ". 7 



Descriptive 21 



It furnishes an interesting instance ot De- 



functi')natiou of special Parts 19 



It presents a forcible example of Arreno- 



toky 18 



Its Introduction and Spread 8 



Its Natural History 9 



Natural Lnemies 17 



Preventive Pleasures 13 



Remedies . la 



Indian Territurj' — Locusts in 78 



Inllueuceot Wind in determining ihe Course of 



Locust Swarms 81 



Innoxious Insects 125 



Iowa — Locusts in " . 03 



K 



Kansas — Locusts in .J5 



" —Legislation regarding Locusts 112, 113 



L 



Lapland Langspur 90 



LeConte's Puiu Worm 32 



Habits ] 33 



iJescriptive 33 



Legislation to avoid Locust Injury Ill 



Leucania albUinea 50 



' ' Harceiji ." 50 



" pliruyiiiatidicola 57 



' ' uni/iuncta 47 



himneria lophrji i .....'..'. 32 



Locust, The Uocky Mountain ............ . , .... 57 



" Plights east of 'he Mississippi 81 



" Invasion of 187G 59 



' ' Prospects in 1877 121 



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Lophyrus Abbot ii 29 



' ' abielis 3!i 



" Americanus 34 



' ' compar 34 



' ' Fabricii 34 



" Le Contei 31, 32 



Lycosa 98- 



Lydetla doryjihorat 40 



M 



Manlis Carolina 98- 



Meaathymus yucca; 129' 



Minnesota — Locust Invasion of 1876 in 6(t 



" — Legislation regarding Locusts 114 



Mississippi — Locust Flights east of the 81 



Missouri — Locusts in 66 



" — Legislation regarding Locusts 112 



Modification Colorado Potato-beetle has under- 

 gone 40 



My gale 98 



Myrriiica molesta 4S 



N 



Native Currant Worm 23 



Descriptive 28 



Its Habits 24 



Remedies ,...." 28 



Wherein it diflers Irom the Ini]iorted Species 23 



Nebraska — Locusts in 64 



Neniatus salicispomufn 20 



' ' affinis 7 



■ " grossularia 7 



' ' grossularialus 7 



' ' trimaculatus 7 



" ribesii 7 



' ' salicispomiim 20 



" ventricosus 7, 21 



o 



Oidiiim Tuckeri 43 



Omaha Conference on the Locust Subject 106 



P 



Palingenia 128- 



Pasimacfius elongntus 98^ 



" punclulatus 98^ 



Philosophy of the Locust Egg-mass 37 



Pieris protodice 57 



" vernalis 57 



Pine Worm, Le Conte's 32. 



Pk'ctrophanes lapponicus. . . ., 91 



Pudisus placidus 17 



Potato IJeetle, The Colorado 34 



' ' Pest Poison 45- 



Preface iii 



Preying Mantis 98 



Printiphora grossularicB 23, 26 



Probable Eggs of Bclosloma grandis 128 



Promachus apivora 98 



Prosiject-i for Locust Injury in 1877 121 



Prottctiug trees from Locusts 110 



R 



Rate at which Colorado Potato-beetle traveled. 37 



" " " the Locusts spread in 1876 80 



radicum, Anthomyia 92 



Remedies against the Gooseberry Spau-worm. . 16 



" " Currant Worms 3,13, 26 



" " Pine Worms 32 



" " the Strawberry Worm 28 



" " " Wheiit-liead Arm >• Worm 65 

 " " " Rocky Mountain Locust. 1U8 

 Resolutions adopted at Omaha L(*cust Confer- 

 ence 106 



Ribes aureum 2 



' ' grossitlaria 2 



' ' Jloridiim 2 



' ' n igrurti 2 



' * ])r()Stratum 2 



' ' ) ubrum 2 



