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  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  NEBRASKA 
  IN 
  1878. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Clark 
  Woodman 
  , 
  of 
  Omaha, 
  Nebr., 
  communicates 
  the 
  following 
  

   observation 
  on 
  September 
  17 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  just 
  returned 
  from 
  a 
  trip 
  ou 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific 
  Railroad. 
  There 
  are 
  swarms 
  

   of 
  locusts 
  at 
  Schuyler, 
  76 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Omaha, 
  a,nd 
  beyond 
  ; 
  none 
  between 
  Schuyler 
  

   and 
  Omaha. 
  They 
  are 
  doing 
  no 
  damage, 
  but 
  aro 
  laying 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  

   No 
  one 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  afraid 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  next 
  spring. 
  

  

  Lieut. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Carpenter 
  writes 
  from 
  Omaha, 
  Nebr., 
  April 
  26, 
  1878 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  brood 
  of 
  C. 
  spretus 
  is 
  hatching 
  out 
  about 
  20 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Lincoln, 
  Nebr. 
  

   There 
  are 
  none 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  damage 
  from 
  spring 
  broods 
  will 
  bo 
  

   trifling 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  News 
  of 
  October 
  30, 
  1878, 
  reports 
  the 
  locusts 
  

   flying 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  at 
  Genoa, 
  Nebr., 
  September 
  9. 
  

  

  Lieut. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Carpenter 
  communicates 
  the 
  following 
  note, 
  dated 
  Omaha, 
  

   Nebr., 
  June 
  25, 
  1878 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  flight 
  of 
  full-grown 
  C. 
  spretus 
  appeared 
  here 
  June 
  16 
  and 
  17 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  

   and 
  southeast. 
  Not 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  damage. 
  Could 
  not 
  learn 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  in 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  TEXAS 
  IN 
  1878. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Overaker, 
  of 
  Piano, 
  Tex., 
  writes, 
  December 
  8, 
  1878, 
  that 
  no 
  

   grasshoppers 
  had 
  appeared 
  this 
  Fall. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  INDIAN 
  TERRITORY 
  IN 
  1878. 
  

  

  The 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  News 
  of 
  October 
  30, 
  1878, 
  reports 
  from 
  Fort 
  Sill, 
  

   Ind. 
  T.: 
  

  

  September 
  23 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  locusts 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  ; 
  September 
  24, 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  ; 
  25, 
  great 
  numbers 
  traveling 
  south 
  ; 
  26, 
  large 
  swarms, 
  great 
  many 
  alight- 
  

   ing 
  ; 
  27, 
  few 
  remaining 
  ; 
  28, 
  a 
  few 
  flying 
  north 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  29, 
  

   a 
  few 
  flying 
  north 
  ; 
  30, 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  since 
  their 
  first 
  appearance, 
  

   depositing 
  eggs. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  KANSAS 
  IN 
  1878. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Day 
  Graham, 
  of 
  Bazaar, 
  Chase 
  County, 
  Kans., 
  writes, 
  September 
  

   14, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  suppose 
  you 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  spretus 
  is 
  appearing 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  in 
  Barton 
  

   County. 
  I 
  understand 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  doing 
  much 
  damage 
  yet. 
  The 
  people 
  are 
  expect- 
  

   ing 
  them 
  almost 
  any 
  day. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  Professor 
  Thomas 
  writes, 
  November 
  7, 
  that 
  in 
  

   Nebraska, 
  Eastern 
  Dakota, 
  Minnesota, 
  Manitoba, 
  and 
  Kansas 
  no 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  (with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  exceptions) 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  grasshoppers 
  are 
  very 
  thick 
  in 
  Cowley, 
  Sumner, 
  Reno, 
  and 
  other 
  counties, 
  and 
  

   have 
  done 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  wheat.— 
  [Salina 
  Herald, 
  December 
  7, 
  1879. 
  

  

  The 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  News 
  of 
  October 
  30, 
  1878, 
  reports 
  from 
  Creswell, 
  

   Kans., 
  the 
  locusts 
  flying 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  on 
  September 
  7, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  j 
  from 
  Dodge 
  City, 
  Kans., 
  September 
  6, 
  swarms 
  coming 
  to 
  

   the 
  earth 
  from 
  the 
  northeast 
  with 
  the 
  wind 
  j 
  on 
  the 
  7th, 
  10 
  a. 
  m., 
  "im- 
  

  

  