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as many as five, when the circumference of one often over- 
laps that of others; almost always singly when on the leaves. 
Yellowish white. The signs of fertility appeared on the third 
day, the centre assuming a brown hue, which gradually 
darkened, the circumference beyond it becoming colourless 
and transparent. The young larve began to appear on the 
thirteenth day, July Ist: almost white, head large, the body 
decreasing from the 2nd segment, and almost ending in a 
point. 
P. H. JENNINGS. 
Longfield Rectory, Gravesend, 
July 17, 1875. 
The Plague of Locusts in America. By Evwarp Newman. 
“The Plague of Locusts in 1874 (Extract continued).— 
To illustrate the reality and intensity of the sufferings that we 
have alluded to, we shall give one extract only out of a large 
number that might be quoted. ‘The writer of a letter to the 
‘Prairie Farmer,’ dated ‘ Kearney, Nebraska, November 16th,’ 
thus describes the condition of things in his neighbourhood: 
—‘ Your readers have been pretty fully posted as to the 
ravages of locusts over this entire region, the devastation 
extending from Central Minnesota to the southern limit of 
Kansas, the whole country being almost as utterly destroyed, 
so far as provisions are concerned, as if it had been swept by 
the scathing flames. I speak more understandingly of my 
own neighbourhood, and shall endeavour to state facts that 
may be firmly relied upon, and which can be verified, if 
necessary, by the testimony of others in my own vicinity. 
The wheat crop, what there was of it, considering the dry 
weather, was good; but fully one-half of the settlers had no 
wheat at all; their sole dependence was corn and potatoes; 
in many instances the very uncertain product of prairie sod, 
Thus nearly half of our people were dependent solely upon 
the two above articles, both of which were almost entirely 
swept away by drought, bugs and locusts combined. Every 
family nearly, that was able to do so, having friends in lowa 
and Missouri have gone there to winter: some may return ; 
others never will. Many proved upon their claims, and have 
