No. 4.] Locusts. 115 



locusts. These measures seem to have been attended with considerable 

 success, thoug-h definite information has not been received as to what 

 extent the country was cleared of the pest ^. 



Acridium peregriiium. — This is the chief locust of Northern Africa, 

 Arabia, Persia, Baluchistan, and North- Western India. It has been 

 fully dealt with in the report already issued. 



Acridhim paranense has been described as the migratory locust of the 

 Argentine republic, though some writers are of opinion that it may per- 

 haps be the same as Acridium peregrivium {vide McLachlan : Encyclop. 

 Brit., article Locust). 



E. C. COTES, 

 13th May 1891. Indian Museum. 



' The above account is chiefly drawn from (1) Reports I and II by Mons. J. Kiinckel 

 d'Herculais, dated May and August 1888 ; (2) Diplomatic and Consular Report on Agricul- 

 ture in Algeria, No. 469 ; (3) Papers which have appeared in the Illustrated London News, 

 Le Mohacher published in Algiers, and Insect Life published in Washington. 



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