274 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



1959. [EiLEY, C. V.] Continued. 

 CHAPTER XIV Continued. 



on the coteau of the prairies, 305 Preserving of lakes, ponds, and 

 swamps in Mfnnesota, 306 Encouragements to railroads, 307 

 Irrigation, 307 Extent of the arid region, 307-308 Only a small 

 portion of the land irrigable, 308 Agriculture in the arid West 

 and in the Mississippi Delta require assistance of the National 

 Government ,308 Prevention of floods by means of reservoirs, 

 309 Cost of irrigation, 310 Influence of irrigation on the locust 

 question, 310 Mr. H. Gannett's report on irrigation in the arid 

 region, 310 Waste of water in irrigating, 311 Amount of irri- 

 gable land, 311 Amount of water necessary for irrigation, SIS- 

 SIS Irrigable land in Colorado, Utah, California, &c., 313 

 Arable land in the Territories, 314 Amount of land in actual 

 cultivation, 314 Irrigation by means of artesian wells, 315 

 Methods of irrigation, 315-316 Uselessness of reservoirs and great 

 irrigating canals in the arid region, 31G How irrigation should 

 be regulated, 316 Preservation of forests ; tree-planting, 317 

 Judicious burning in spring, 317 Permanent establishment of 

 locust signals and warnings, 318 Co-operation with the Do- 

 minion Government, 319 Preventive measures in the mountain 

 and plateau areas, 319 Breeding-grounds of the locust in the 

 mountain area, 319 Influence of settlement, 320 Replanting 

 of forests, 320 Importance of locust signals to the farmer in 

 Colorado and Utah, 321 Very destructive locust invasions not 

 likely to recur in the future, 321 The locust has ceased to be an 

 object of dread, 322. 

 APPENDIX I: 



Miscellaneous data and replies to Circular No. 1 [3] 



Circular No. 1, [3] Nebraska data, [4] Data for Minnesota, [17] 



Data for Iowa, [20] Data for Dakota, [21]. 

 APPENDIX II : By S. H. Scudder. 

 List of the Orthoptera collected by Dr. A. S. Packard, jr., in the 



western United States in the summer of 1877 [23] 



Bradynotea opimus, Scudd., n. sp., [24] Pezotettix pacificus, 

 Scndd., n. sp., [24] Gomphocerus shastanus, Scudd., n. sp., [25] 

 Circotettix maculatus, Scudd., n. sp., [26] Trimerotropis latifas- 

 tiata, Scudd., n. sp., [26J T. similis, Scudd., n.sp., [27] T. cceru- 

 leipes, Scudd., n. sp., [27] Psinidia'wallula, Scudd., n. sp., [27]. 

 APPENDIX III: 



Report of John Marten [29] 



Observations of John Marten, special agent, on locusts in Iowa, 

 [29] In Minnesota, [30] In Dakota, [30] In Nebraska, [31]. 

 APPENDIX IV : By B. P. Mann and C. Thomas. 



Bibliography of some of the literature concerning destructive lo- 

 custs [33] 



Introductory and explanatory remarks, [33] Bibliography on the 

 destructive locusts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, [33] Supple- 

 mentary list to the bibliography on locusts in foreign countries, 

 [50] Additions to bibliography on the locusts in America, [55]. 

 APPENDIX V: 



Data concerning locust in Texas [57] 



Notes furnished by Gen. A. J. Myer, U. S. A., Chief Signal Officer, 

 on locusts in Texas, chiefly in the year 1877, [57] Locust data 

 from Indian Territory in 1877, [61], 



