[82] REPORT UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



Lampasas County, May 30. — The injury caused l>y the grasshoppers to the wheat crop 

 was not as great as was expeeted. 



Burnett County, May '60. — Capt. D. T. Vaugan, a correspondent of the "News," says 

 grasshoppers have done but little damage to vegetation. 



Freestone County, May 31. — There is prospect of abundant harvest, notwithstanding 

 early ravages of grasshoppers. 



Williamson County, May 31. — Grasshoppers have entirely disappeared, having done no 

 damage of serious consequence to the year's crops. 



Limestone County, GroeshecJc, July 20. — Grasshoppers came here from the north last 

 fall, about the 1st of October, coming with a cool norther, and traveling with about 

 the same velocity as the wind. They remained about six weeks, and then left for the 

 north, taking advantage of a strong south wind. Before leaving they deposited their 

 eggs in great numbers, generally selecting for this purpose open places, such as fields 

 or prairies, where there was no brush and but little grass. They constructed a kind 

 of web or net, and placed it about one inch under the surface of the ground, placing 

 it in a vertical position. There were sometimes hundreds of these cells or nests within 

 a space of twd or three feet square, each nest containing from twenty to twenty-three 

 eggs. As the sun warmed the ground the eggs began to hatch, and the ground was 

 soon literally covered with the young grasshoppers. They soon destroyed the gardens, 

 and then went for the fields, doing a vast amount of damage. Many farms were 

 planted over from one to three times. Having matured sufficiently, the young grass- 

 hoppers began to leave about the 15th of May, going in a northerly direction, always 

 taking advantage of a strong south wind. 



