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INDEX. 



Aughey. S., statement by, 91, 160, 172, 216,219, 22'/, 



243, 245. 

 Australia, locusts in, 477. 

 Autumn flights, [150]. 



B. 



Bagging locusts, 391. 



Balm-of-Grilead trees eaten by locusts, 253. 



Baker, D. S., statement by, 107. 



Baker, J", H.,- statement of, 155. 



Barbour, Chauncey, statement of, 154, 155. 



Barnett, W.B., statement of, 286. 



Barriers against locusts, 381. . 



Bartholf, J. H., statement by, 107. 



Bascb, von, work by, quoted, 275. 



Beans eaten by locusts, 292. 



Beech-trees eaten by locusts, 253. 



Bee-martin, [36]. 



Beets eaten, 251, 292. 



Belford, Frederick, statement by, 60. 



Belt's locust-catcher, 398. 



Benson's locust-catcher, 396. 



Bentley, L. E., statement by, 239. 



Bessey, C. E., Iowa locust data, [109]. 



statement by, 79. 

 Beverschau, J., Texan locust data, [65]. 

 Bewick's wren, [18]. 

 Bibliography, [273]. 



Bindweed, black. {See Polygonum convolvulus.) 

 Birds as locust-destroyers, 334, 338, 342. 

 shooting, evils of, 345, 346. 

 food of, [14]. 

 food of, 347. 



insectivorous, destroyed by hawks, 348. 

 of prey, 348. 

 use of, 9, 18. 

 Bittern, [55]. 



Blackberries eaten by locusts, 253. 

 Blackbird, 335, 338. 



crow, [35]. 

 red-win gfid, [33]. 

 yellow-headed, [34]. 

 Blanchard, G-. F., statement by, 243. 

 Blattidse, 32. 

 Blister-beetles, Life-history o'f, 297. 



feed in larva state on locust eggs, 



298. 



Blister-beetle, ash-gray. (See Macrobasisunicolor.) 



black -rat. (See Macrobasis murina.) 



margined. (See Epicauta cinerea.) 



(See Meloidse.) 



striped. (See Epicauta vittata.) 

 Bluebird, eastern, [15]. 



Eocky Mountain, [15]. 

 western, [16]. 

 Blue Mountain range, limit of locust, 25. 

 Bobolink, [33]. 

 Bob White, [48]. 

 Bohemian wax-wing, [26]. 

 Bollard, William, statement by, 96. 

 Boll, Jacob, report on locust in Texas, [63]. 



statement by, 61, 223. 

 Bonaaa umbellus, [48]. 

 BoneUi, Daniel, statement of, 105. 

 Booth, C. A., statement by, 94. 

 Botaurus minor, [55]. 

 Bounty law, working of, 11. 

 Box-elder trees not eaten by locusts, 253. 

 Bracon capitata, 325. 

 Brachyotus palustris, [42] . 

 Brachypeplus magnus, figure of, 255. 

 • Brain, 265. 

 Branta canadensis, [57] . 

 Brant, white, [57]. 

 Breeding-grounds of the locust, 22, 25. 



permanent, of Caloptenus aUa- 

 nis, 135. 

 of Caloptenus femur- 



rubrum, 135. 

 of Caloptenus svre- 

 tus, ldl-136. 

 subpermanent, of Caloptenus 

 spretus, 136, 142. 

 Breeding of return swarms, 239-240. 

 Brisbin, General, statement by, 95. 

 British America, invasions of, 55, .'56. 



limits of migrations in, 138, 140. 



British America, locust data of, [145] . 



migrations into, direction of, 161. 

 observations in, 17. 

 British North America, invasions of, 108-112. 

 Broods, number of, 240-244. 

 Broom-corn not eaten, 252. 

 Brown, F, A., statement of, 102. 

 Bruce, Hector, statement by, 90. 

 Brull6's Histoire Naturelle, quoted, 40. 

 Bruner, statement by, 75. 



Bryant's "What I saw in California,' quoted, 97. 

 Bubo virginianus, [42]. 

 Bucephala albeola, [60]. 

 Buckwheat eaten by locusts, 252. 



wilri. (See Polygonum convolvulus.) 

 Buhach, 400. 

 BaU-bat, [39]. 

 Bunting, black-throated, [32]. 



lark, [32]. 



bay -winged, [30]. 



chestnut-collared, [30]. 



Henslow's, [30]. 



towhee, [33]. 

 Burdick, J« W., statement by, 81-84. 

 Burmeister's Handbuch der Entomologie, quoted, 



39. 

 Burying eggs, 356. 

 Burning locusts, 363. 

 Bursa copulatrix, 271. 

 Butcher-bicd, [28]. 

 Buteo borealis, [45] . 



swainsoni, [45] . 

 Butter-baU, 60. 

 Buzzard, ferruginous, [45]. 



red- tailed, [45]. 



Swainson's, [45] . 

 Byers, W. N., statement by, 96, 99, 100, 102, 144, 147, 



"213. 

 Byrne, Dr., statement by, 107. 



Cache Valley breeding-grounds, 25. 

 Calamospiza bicolor, [32]. 

 Calliptamus, 37, 38, 39, 40. 



italicus, 38, 39. 

 morio, 38. 

 sanguinipes, 38. 

 California Farmer quoted, 104. 

 California, locust in, [140J. 



locusts of, 451, 456. 

 observations in, 21. 

 Calopteni, 35. 



Galop tine, oil thus named, 442. 

 Caloptenobia, 306. 

 Caloptenus, 36, 37, 39, 40. . 



angustipennis, 42, 43. 

 atlanis, 21, 23, 42, 43, 49, 51, [142], 299, 

 446, 458. 

 breeding-grounds of, perma- 

 nent, 135. 

 characters of young of, 284. 

 egg-laying of, time of, 220. 

 egg-masses, number of, laid by 



one female of, 226. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy of, 225. 

 hatching of, time of, 232. 

 nomenclature of, 52. 

 number of broods of, 243. 

 range of, 140. 

 time of maturity of, 237. 

 bilituratus, 42, 43. 

 bivittatus, 39, 41, 42, 459. 



egg-laying of, time of, 220. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy of, 

 226. 

 deleter, 42. 

 devorator, 42. 

 differentialis, 41, 42, 299, 301, 447, 458. 



egg-laying of, place of, 



223. 

 egg-laying of, time of, 



220. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy 



of, 225, 226. 

 eggs of, number of, 228. 

 figure of, 298. 

 fasciatus, 42. 



