184 REPORT UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



1860. Drought and hot winds are reported from Kansas. Locusts 

 in Kansas and Utah. 



1862. Dry in Minnesota. Locusts in Montana. 



1864. Very dry in Minnesota and Kansas. Locusts in Kansas, Ne- 

 braska, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Utah, and New 

 Mexico. 



1874. The summer dry in Kansas and Missouri. The entire valley 

 of the Eepublican Elver suffered from drought and heat, and through- 

 out Nebraska it was the driest and hottest summer for ten years. Lo- 

 custs reported from Texas, Indian Territory, Missouri, and in the autumn 

 throughout the whole West. 



1877. Cold, wet. Locusts (the local hatch) everywhere killed by the 

 wet and cold weather. 



The following tables present numerically the temperature and rain-fall 

 data relating to these years : 



