INDEX. 



[285] 



Eggs, destroyed by parasites, 8. 

 destroyers of, 285-[305], 351. 

 eflfect of rain and cold on, [5] . 

 temperature, effects of, on, 352. 

 location of, 27. 



number of, laid by one female, 228. 

 Egret, [55]. 



Elanoides forficatus, [44]. 

 Elaphrus rnscarius, 314. 

 Elatar luctuosus, 304. 

 Elateridae, larvre of, 304. 

 Elm trees not eaten, 253. 

 Embryo, description of, 278. 



figure of, 278. 

 Embryology, 277-279. 

 Emeriing, George, statement by, 85, 88, 89. 

 Emory, W. H., quoted, 68. 

 Empidonaxflaviventris, [38J. 

 minimus, [38]. 

 trailli, [38]. 

 Enemies of the locust, 9, 14-15, 27, [89]. 



invertebrate, 284- [305] . 

 Epicauta, 293, 297-301, 302. 

 atrata, 298. 

 cinerea, 292, 298. 

 debilis, 298. 

 fabricii, 298. 

 lemniscata, 298. 

 marginata, 298. 

 pennsylvanlca, 293, 298. 

 vittata, 292. 

 Epicranium, 260. 

 Epididymis, 270, 271. 

 Epimerum, 260. 

 Episternum, 260. 



Eragrostis poseoides, 434. ' 



Erax bastardii, 303, 317. 



larva of, description of, 304. 

 pupa of, description of, 304. 

 Eremophila alpestris, 18, [18]. 

 Ereunetes pusillus, [52]. 

 Erismatura rubida, [60] . 

 Errata, [280]. 



Establishment of Commission, 1. 

 Eucoptolophus costalis, egg-laying of, time of, 221. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy of, 

 226. 

 sordida, egg-laying of, time of, 221. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy of, 

 226. 

 Eudromias moutanus, [50], 338. 

 Eupatorium eaten, 293. 

 Europe, locusts in, 467. 

 Euspiza americana, [32]. 

 Evergreen-trees eaten, 253. 

 E^iorista flavicauda, 323. 

 Eve, 260. 



Eabre, Jules, views of, on triunguliu, 295. 



work by, quoted, 295, 296. 

 Ealco columbrius richardsoni, [44]. 

 communis, [44]. 

 mexicanus polyagrus, [44]. 

 sparverius, [45]. 

 Falcon, prairie, [44]. 

 Ealtenblatt, 279. 

 Femur, 260. 



Fergus, James, Ptatement by, 94. 

 Finch, grass, [30]. 



sray-crowned, [29]. 

 lark, [32]. 

 purple, [29]. 

 Fires, prairie, influence of, on locust increase, 421. 

 Flanders, Joseph, statement by, 83. 

 Flax eaten, 252. 



Flesh-fly, common. (iS'ee Sarcophaga carnaria.) 

 Flicker, [41]. 



Mexican, [42]. 

 Flights, autumn, east of the Rocky Mountains in 

 1877, [150]. 

 {See Migrations.) 

 Flight, velocity of, 216. 

 Flint, Earl, on locusts in JSTiearagua, 463. 

 Flory's locust-catcher, 374, 376, 377. 

 Fly-catcher .Arkansas, [37]. 



great-crested, [37]. 



Fly-catcher, Say's, [37] . 



Pewitt, [37]. 



least, [38]. 



Traill's, [38]. 



yellow-bellied, [38 1. 

 Fly, common flesh-. (See Sarcophaga carnaria.) 

 Fo'llett, W. E., statement by, 218. 

 Food, locusts used for, 28. 

 Food of birds, [14]. 

 Forest-trees eaten, 253. 

 Fork, 259. 

 Forficulidge, 32. 



Formic acid prepared from locusts, 441. 

 France, locu.sts in, 467. 

 Fr6mont, J. C, statement by, 97. 

 Frequency of winds, tables of, 205-209, 211. 

 Frick, A. P., statement by, 99. 



Frisch, , views of, on triungulin, 294. 



Fruit-trees, injury to, 253, 436. 



protection of, against locusts, 403. 

 Fulica americana, [57]. 

 Fuller, J. P., statcTuent by, 88. 

 Fuller, A., statement by, 112, 177. 

 Furcula supra-analis, 259. 



supra- vulvalis, 258. 

 Furnas, Governor Eobert, statement by, 74, 75. 



G. 



Gage, Thomas, on locusts in Central America, 460. 



Gale, Professor, statement by, 253. 



Gallinula galeata, [56]. 



Gallinule, Florida, [56]. 



Gallinago wilsoni, [51]. 



Galveston Dailj^ News quoted, 63. 



Ganglia, 265. 



Garber, letter to, 12-13. 



Gardens, losses on, 120. 



Garden-plants eaten, 292, 293. 



Gastric coeca, 262, 275, 276. 



Gaumer, G. F., on Paris green, 403. 



reports on the locusts in Kansas, 



[85]. 

 statement by, 72, 73-74, 246-247. 

 Geographical distributions of locusts, 25, 136. 

 Georgia, flights of locusts in, 37. 

 Geothlypis macgillivrayi, [23 1. 

 Philadelphia, [23]. 

 trichas, [23]. 

 Germany, locusts in, 468. 

 Gerstacker, A., statement by, 224. 



views of, on enemies of Pachytylus 

 migratorius, 285. 

 Gibbon, John, statement by, 94, 95. 

 Gilfillan, J. A., statement by, 80. 

 Gillett, W. C, statement by, 95. 

 Glands, rectal, 263. 



salivary, 263. 

 Gleason, A. H., statement by, 77. 

 Gnat-catcher, blue-gray, [16]. 

 Godard's locust-catcher, 395. 

 Godfrey, A. IST., aid by, 298. 



observation by, 304. 

 report on the locust in Kansas, [88], 

 God wit, great marbled, [53]. 

 Goedart, observations ol, 294. 

 Goin, R. M., statement by, 93, 155. 

 Goldfinch, American, 29. 

 Gomley, James, statement by, 92. 

 Goniaphea coerulea, [32]. 



ludoviciana, [32]. 

 melanocephala, [32] . 

 Gonzales Inquirer, quoted, 58. 

 Goose, Canada, [57] , 

 snow, [57] . 

 wild, [57]. 

 Gordius aquaticus, 327. 

 linearis, 326. 

 robustus, 326. 

 seta, .327. 

 varius, 326. 

 Goshawk, American, [44]. 

 Grackle, purple, [35]. 



Granulated grouse-locust. (SceTettixgranulata.) 

 Grave-vines eaten, 253. 

 Grasshoppers, 32. 



army, 52. 

 hateful, 52. 



