﻿PACKARD.] 
  AMEEICAN 
  LOCUST 
  WESTERN 
  CRICKET. 
  691 
  

  

  spirits) 
  color. 
  We 
  found 
  them 
  so 
  thick 
  tliat 
  we 
  could 
  collect 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  

   handful, 
  and 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  their 
  abundance 
  and 
  brilliancy 
  (else 
  I 
  

   should 
  not 
  have 
  noticed 
  them) 
  I 
  secured 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  quarts. 
  All 
  I 
  have 
  

   at 
  baud 
  1 
  send 
  by 
  American 
  Express 
  today, 
  but 
  will 
  send 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   more 
  if 
  you 
  wish. 
  

  

  "A 
  negro 
  who 
  was 
  mowing 
  near 
  told 
  us 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  seen 
  that 
  

   kind 
  of 
  grasshopper 
  before 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  destroying 
  the 
  cotton. 
  

   We 
  found 
  no 
  more 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Eome. 
  

  

  "On 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  Atlanta 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  so 
  later 
  we 
  heard 
  doleful 
  complaints 
  

   about 
  a 
  new 
  sort 
  of 
  ' 
  hoppergrass 
  ' 
  that 
  was 
  destroying 
  everything, 
  

   particularly 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  cotton. 
  This 
  kind 
  was 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  Atlanta 
  

   papers 
  and 
  farmers 
  generally 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  hitherto 
  unknown 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  

   and 
  we 
  were 
  shown 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  live 
  specimens 
  on 
  a 
  cotton-plant 
  in 
  a 
  glass 
  

   globe 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Department 
  at 
  Atlanta. 
  

   The 
  officials 
  asked 
  us 
  if 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  terrible 
  Kansas 
  hopper. 
  I 
  

   knew 
  just 
  enough 
  about 
  those 
  fellows 
  to 
  assure 
  them 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not. 
  

  

  " 
  Later 
  (August 
  12), 
  near 
  Lookout 
  Mountain 
  on 
  Chattanooga 
  Creek, 
  

   we 
  saw 
  several 
  splendid 
  fields 
  of 
  corn 
  utterly 
  devastated 
  by 
  these 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers. 
  The 
  silk 
  was 
  gone 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  the 
  husks 
  peeled 
  

   down 
  as 
  close 
  as 
  if 
  a 
  sheep 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  them, 
  or 
  a 
  rat. 
  I 
  suppose 
  the 
  

   corn 
  was 
  not 
  worth 
  cutting 
  at 
  all, 
  not 
  even 
  for 
  fodder. 
  As 
  usual, 
  all 
  the 
  

   fences 
  were 
  covered. 
  We 
  collected 
  here 
  four 
  hundred 
  or 
  five 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  wire 
  cage 
  of 
  lizards 
  and 
  chameleons 
  for 
  the 
  

   latter 
  to 
  feed 
  on, 
  but 
  the 
  insects 
  tormented 
  the 
  reptiles 
  so 
  much 
  that 
  

   we 
  had 
  to 
  throw 
  them 
  away." 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  when 
  winged, 
  sometimes 
  take 
  flight 
  in 
  large 
  swarms. 
  The 
  

   following 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  flight 
  in 
  Columbia, 
  S. 
  C, 
  has 
  been 
  communicated 
  

   to 
  me 
  by 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  assistant 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  : 
  

  

  Columbia, 
  S. 
  C, 
  November 
  18, 
  1876. 
  

   Prof. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  JVashington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  inclose 
  you 
  specimens 
  of- 
  " 
  locust 
  " 
  which 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  on 
  Friday, 
  No- 
  

   Tember 
  17, 
  at 
  about 
  9.30 
  p. 
  m. 
  Quantities 
  could 
  be 
  gathered. 
  I 
  allowed 
  my 
  window 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  exhibit 
  them, 
  and 
  soon 
  had 
  to 
  stop 
  receiving 
  them. 
  I 
  find 
  they 
  are 
  

   locusts, 
  from 
  Wood's 
  description, 
  but 
  find 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  denizen 
  

   here 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  by 
  reference 
  to 
  a 
  dried 
  specimen 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  for 
  six 
  months. 
  

   A 
  week 
  prior 
  to 
  their 
  visit 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  specks," 
  " 
  meteors," 
  " 
  birds," 
  

   &c., 
  flying 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  moon. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  they 
  were 
  an 
  advance-guard 
  of 
  

   these 
  locusts, 
  as 
  the 
  under-wing 
  is 
  very 
  brilliant 
  in 
  the 
  light. 
  I 
  find 
  they 
  devour 
  each 
  

   other, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  molest 
  linen 
  or 
  cotton 
  or 
  paper 
  in 
  the 
  window. 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  

   faeces 
  of 
  the 
  newly-arrived 
  ones 
  with 
  the 
  microscopes 
  to 
  judge 
  of 
  their 
  last 
  food, 
  and 
  

   found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  ivoodij 
  fiher. 
  The 
  locusts 
  were 
  traveling 
  from 
  northwest 
  to 
  southeast. 
  

   Respectfully, 
  &c., 
  

  

  E. 
  E. 
  JACKSON. 
  

  

  Another 
  swarm 
  is 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Monthly 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  as 
  "literally 
  covering 
  the 
  streets" 
  of 
  Vevay, 
  Ind., 
  

   beginning 
  to 
  drop 
  down 
  at 
  half-past 
  6 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  and 
  continuing 
  till 
  

   8 
  p. 
  m. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  also 
  swarmed 
  in 
  Suffolk 
  County, 
  Virginia, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  R. 
  Dodge. 
  — 
  (Rural 
  Carolinian, 
  quoted 
  by 
  Riley, 
  

   Seventh 
  Report.) 
  

  

  The 
  Western 
  CrickTkt, 
  Anabrus 
  siviplex 
  Haldeman 
  and 
  A. 
  haldemani 
  Girard. 
  — 
  Very 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  crops 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  other 
  cereals 
  and 
  to 
  grass 
  ; 
  a 
  large, 
  stout, 
  dark, 
  cricket- 
  

   like 
  insect. 
  

  

  The 
  "cricket" 
  is 
  especially 
  injurious 
  to 
  crops 
  in 
  Utah, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   annoying 
  and 
  abundant. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  {A. 
  Haldemani 
  Girard, 
  named 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Scudder) 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Salt 
  Lake, 
  where 
  

  

  