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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  and 
  New 
  England 
  the 
  past 
  summer 
  there 
  were 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  two 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  of 
  army- 
  worms. 
  But 
  the 
  moths 
  from 
  different 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  

   and 
  West 
  have 
  been 
  compared 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same. 
  Dr. 
  Fitch, 
  

   also, 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  " 
  worms 
  in 
  armies,-^ 
  and 
  " 
  black 
  worms," 
  referred 
  

   to 
  by 
  writers 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  New 
  England 
  in 
  1743, 
  

   1770, 
  1790, 
  and 
  1817, 
  with 
  habits 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  army- 
  worm 
  of 
  1861, 
  

   must 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  Mr. 
  Sanborn 
  assures 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  took 
  the 
  

   moth 
  in 
  1855 
  near 
  Boston 
  ; 
  and 
  has 
  found 
  the 
  larva 
  under 
  stones 
  in 
  

   grass-plots. 
  On 
  Mr. 
  Clark's 
  farm 
  at 
  Carritunk, 
  near 
  the 
  Forks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Keniiebec, 
  the 
  army- 
  worm 
  did 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  barley, 
  in 
  

   all 
  destroying 
  forty 
  acres 
  of 
  grain. 
  This 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  Au- 
  

   gust, 
  and 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  caterx)illars 
  entered 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  transform. 
  

   Their 
  ravages 
  were 
  especially 
  noticed, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Maine 
  Farmer, 
  

   in 
  North 
  Berwick, 
  Union, 
  Bangor, 
  Ellsworth, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  other 
  

   towns. 
  Mr. 
  Goodale 
  informs 
  us 
  that 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  Clark's 
  farm, 
  in 
  Wal- 
  

   doborough, 
  the 
  worm 
  was 
  found 
  both 
  in 
  wheat 
  and 
  barley 
  fields, 
  though 
  

   less 
  on 
  the 
  wheat, 
  which 
  was 
  riper. 
  The 
  leaves 
  were 
  consumed, 
  while 
  

   the 
  heads 
  were 
  not 
  much 
  eaten. 
  Maaiy 
  of 
  the 
  heads 
  were 
  cut 
  oif 
  and 
  

   had 
  fallen 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  while 
  others 
  were 
  cut 
  jnst 
  enough 
  to 
  hang 
  

   over. 
  Mr. 
  Goodale 
  collected 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  worm 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  Au- 
  

   gust, 
  and 
  fed 
  them 
  till 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  all 
  but 
  one 
  had 
  gone 
  into 
  the 
  earth. 
  

   September 
  7, 
  these 
  millers 
  appeared, 
  and 
  so 
  several 
  each 
  .day 
  until 
  the 
  

   16th. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  taken 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  Maine 
  until 
  I 
  met 
  the 
  worm 
  in 
  

   Bangor, 
  August 
  2, 
  in 
  a 
  yard 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  from 
  the 
  Bangor 
  House, 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  full-fed; 
  August 
  13, 
  in 
  afield 
  of 
  barley 
  in 
  Mattamiscontis, 
  on 
  the 
  

   Penobscot, 
  above 
  Bangor. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  seen 
  on 
  farms 
  above 
  this 
  point 
  

   on 
  that 
  river, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  Allegash 
  or 
  Saint 
  John, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  ascer- 
  

   tain, 
  while 
  the 
  wheat 
  ApMs 
  was 
  abundant 
  on 
  every 
  farm 
  I 
  visited 
  on 
  

   those 
  rivers. 
  Whether 
  the 
  army-worm 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time 
  in 
  Maine 
  in 
  1861 
  can 
  be 
  only 
  probable. 
  In 
  Massachusetts 
  it 
  

   was 
  first 
  noticed 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  July 
  ; 
  in 
  Maine 
  a 
  month 
  later, 
  where 
  it 
  be- 
  

   came 
  generally 
  prevalent. 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  1875 
  was 
  another 
  army- 
  worm 
  year, 
  and 
  it 
  abounded 
  all 
  over 
  

   the 
  country, 
  especially 
  in 
  Missouri, 
  Illinois, 
  Delaware, 
  Ohio, 
  Kentucky, 
  

   and 
  Iowa, 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  throughout 
  New 
  England, 
  and 
  in 
  Western 
  

   New 
  Brunswick. 
  — 
  (Riley.) 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  is 
  single-brooded 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  States, 
  in 
  

   Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo., 
  Mr. 
  Eiley 
  finds 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  double-brooded, 
  and 
  he 
  thinks 
  

   that 
  three 
  broods 
  may 
  sometimes 
  appear 
  in 
  one 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  newspaper 
  items 
  will 
  show 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  appearance 
  and 
  

   degree 
  of 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  army- 
  worm 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  New 
  Eng- 
  

   land 
  States, 
  and 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  in 
  1875 
  : 
  

  

  Anather 
  insect-pest 
  has 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  in 
  formidable 
  numbers 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

   The 
  army- 
  worm 
  has 
  been 
  doing 
  more 
  damage 
  in 
  Suffolk 
  and 
  Queens 
  Counties, 
  especially 
  

   the 
  former, 
  than 
  even 
  the 
  dreaded 
  potato-beetle. 
  Corn 
  and 
  oats 
  prove 
  more 
  attrac- 
  

   tive 
  than 
  potatoes 
  to 
  the 
  army-worm, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  the 
  entire 
  crop 
  of 
  oats 
  

   has 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  recent 
  heavy 
  rains 
  have 
  put 
  a 
  stop 
  to 
  

   the 
  operations 
  of 
  these 
  caterpillars; 
  at 
  worst, 
  their 
  want 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  flight 
  will 
  

   probably 
  confine 
  the 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  island. 
  — 
  (New 
  York 
  Tribune, 
  August 
  6, 
  1875.) 
  

  

  The 
  army-worms 
  have 
  disappeared 
  from 
  Little 
  Compton 
  and 
  Portsmouth 
  as 
  sud- 
  

   denly 
  as 
  they 
  came. 
  They 
  did 
  considerable 
  injury. 
  — 
  (Boston 
  Journal, 
  August 
  13.) 
  

  

  A 
  special 
  from 
  Rockland 
  says 
  that 
  an 
  immense 
  army 
  of 
  black 
  worms, 
  similiar 
  to 
  

   caterpillars, 
  were 
  crossing 
  Pleasant 
  street 
  in 
  that 
  city 
  all 
  day 
  Sunday, 
  heading 
  south- 
  

   ward. 
  Large 
  crowds 
  gathered 
  to 
  witness 
  their 
  advance. 
  — 
  (Boston 
  Journal, 
  August 
  2.) 
  

  

  The 
  Times 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  army-worm 
  has 
  appeared 
  in 
  Bath. 
  This 
  worm 
  has 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  Rockland, 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Machias, 
  and 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  doing 
  great 
  damage. 
  — 
  

   (Brunswick 
  Telegraph, 
  August 
  10.) 
  

  

  Saint 
  John, 
  N. 
  B., 
  August 
  12. 
  — 
  The 
  army-worms 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  marsh-road, 
  a 
  mile 
  

  

  