﻿CHRONOLOGY, 
  1879: 
  WYOMING. 
  11 
  

  

  summit 
  by 
  the 
  Weather 
  Signal 
  observers 
  on 
  Pike's 
  Peak. 
  No 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  were 
  observed 
  among 
  the 
  foot-hills 
  at 
  Manitou 
  Springs. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  small 
  swarms 
  flew 
  over 
  from 
  the 
  mountains 
  to 
  the 
  plains, 
  as 
  

   will 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  data 
  communicated 
  to 
  us 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Stan- 
  

   ger, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Farmer. 
  The 
  Locust 
  appeared 
  about 
  the 
  15th 
  

   of 
  July 
  in 
  small 
  flights 
  on 
  the 
  Cache 
  a 
  la 
  Poudre 
  and 
  Saint 
  Vrain 
  Eivers 
  r 
  

   in 
  Laramie 
  and 
  Boulder 
  Counties. 
  July 
  23 
  a 
  flight 
  passed 
  over 
  Denver 
  

   and 
  alighted 
  at 
  Littleton, 
  on 
  the 
  Platte 
  Eiver, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  remain 
  there 
  

   an 
  entire 
  day, 
  flying 
  southward. 
  They 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Bear 
  Eiver 
  Val- 
  

   ley. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  abundance 
  in 
  

   White 
  and 
  Bear 
  Eiver 
  Valleys 
  early 
  in 
  September, 
  1878. 
  The 
  flights 
  

   this 
  year 
  were 
  evidently 
  the 
  progeny 
  of 
  these 
  locusts. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  other 
  instance 
  we 
  could 
  learn 
  of 
  was 
  from 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Piper, 
  

   who 
  sent 
  us 
  a 
  long-winged 
  genuine 
  male 
  C. 
  spretus, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  

   note, 
  dated 
  August 
  1 
  : 
  

  

  Inclosed 
  find 
  a 
  specimen 
  picked 
  up 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  dark 
  this 
  evening 
  at 
  West 
  Las 
  Animas, 
  

   Bent 
  County. 
  Colo. 
  They 
  were 
  in 
  moderate 
  numbers 
  and 
  flying 
  north. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  less 
  number 
  of 
  locusts 
  in 
  

   Colorado 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  even 
  in 
  1878. 
  The 
  summer 
  in 
  Colorado 
  was 
  

   unusually 
  dry, 
  the 
  rainfall 
  of 
  June, 
  at 
  Denver, 
  being 
  .32 
  inch. 
  In 
  May 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  slight 
  excess 
  of 
  rain, 
  as 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Weather 
  Signal 
  

   observer 
  informed 
  us, 
  and 
  the 
  spring 
  was 
  not 
  unusually 
  dry. 
  The 
  sum- 
  

   mer, 
  however, 
  was 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  driest 
  since 
  1863, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  through* 
  

   out 
  the 
  Eocky 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  No 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  alarmed 
  at 
  the 
  report 
  about 
  locusts 
  hatching. 
  Riley 
  says 
  a 
  few 
  

   hatch 
  out 
  every 
  year 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  in 
  Colorado. 
  — 
  [Colorado 
  Farmer, 
  June 
  12, 
  1879. 
  

  

  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  WYOMING 
  IN 
  1879. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  Territory 
  also 
  locusts 
  were 
  still 
  less 
  frequent 
  than 
  in 
  1878- 
  

  

  \ 
  A 
  few 
  were 
  seen 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  150 
  to 
  200 
  feet 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  air, 
  at 
  Eock 
  Creek 
  Station, 
  we 
  were 
  told 
  by 
  a 
  person 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  None 
  were 
  seen 
  this 
  season, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  learn, 
  between 
  Sidney, 
  

  

  ' 
  Nebr., 
  and 
  the 
  Black 
  Hills. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  data 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  since 
  our 
  return 
  : 
  

   Lieut. 
  C. 
  A. 
  H. 
  McCauley, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  writes 
  from 
  Fort 
  Steele, 
  on 
  the 
  

   North 
  Platte, 
  July 
  3, 
  1879 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  cloud 
  of 
  Orthopiera, 
  as 
  per 
  sample, 
  has 
  been 
  all 
  day 
  long 
  passing 
  through 
  and 
  

   ' 
  over 
  the 
  post 
  ; 
  numbers 
  great, 
  flight 
  low, 
  direction 
  of 
  arrival 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  

   southwest 
  chiefly 
  ; 
  a 
  strong, 
  high 
  wind 
  from 
  that 
  direction 
  prevailing 
  all 
  day. 
  Tem- 
  

   perature 
  high, 
  about 
  90° 
  F. 
  Alighting 
  on 
  ground 
  ; 
  flights 
  short 
  when 
  disturbed. 
  

  

  j 
  The 
  same 
  correspondent, 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  dated 
  Fort 
  Steele, 
  Wyo., 
  August 
  

   12, 
  1879, 
  continues 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  my 
  survey 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  

  

  [some 
  50 
  miles, 
  during 
  which 
  I 
  observed 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  Orthoptera 
  observed 
  herebe- 
  

  

  [ 
  fore 
  starting 
  out. 
  The 
  route 
  was 
  up 
  the 
  North 
  Platte 
  and 
  tributaries 
  in 
  the 
  east, 
  

  

  farthest 
  point 
  a 
  locality 
  on 
  Brush 
  Creek; 
  situation, 
  long. 
  106° 
  30' 
  W., 
  lat. 
  41° 
  23' 
  N., 
  

  

  both 
  approximate, 
  and 
  altitude 
  some 
  1,200 
  feet 
  above 
  this 
  (6,850 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea),. 
  

  

  