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  them 
  well; 
  those 
  later, 
  because 
  so 
  often 
  found 
  dead 
  at 
  their 
  work 
  with 
  abdomen 
  still 
  

   prolonged 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  ground, 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  were 
  prevented 
  from 
  producing 
  perfect 
  

   eggs, 
  or 
  from 
  protecting 
  them 
  by 
  gummy 
  secretions 
  from 
  injuries 
  by 
  winter 
  vicissi- 
  

   tudes. 
  

  

  •'As 
  a 
  clearing 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  business, 
  I 
  have 
  just 
  sent 
  Professor 
  Riley 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  locubts 
  found 
  hero 
  lately, 
  including 
  many 
  individuals 
  of 
  our 
  descriptive 
  

   CEdipoda 
  atrox, 
  and 
  of 
  another 
  suspicious 
  species, 
  which 
  I 
  fear 
  is 
  Caloplenus 
  allanis, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  true 
  migratory 
  species 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  dreaded. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  Atrocious 
  

   locust 
  are 
  heavily 
  parasitised, 
  and, 
  perhaps, 
  may 
  be 
  living 
  their 
  last 
  day." 
  — 
  [Ibid, 
  Sep 
  

   tember 
  13, 
  1879. 
  

  

  GRASSHOPPERS 
  AND 
  THE 
  DAIRY 
  FARMERS. 
  

  

  The 
  mountains 
  and 
  valleys 
  surrounding 
  Truckee 
  afford, 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  season, 
  

   excellent 
  pasturage 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  dairy 
  cattle 
  ; 
  for 
  dairymen 
  make 
  yearly 
  

   pilgrimages 
  from 
  the 
  valleys 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  to 
  enjoy 
  the 
  delightful 
  

   climate, 
  and 
  to 
  allow 
  their 
  cattle 
  to 
  feed 
  upon 
  the 
  luxuriant 
  vegetation 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   there. 
  Large 
  quantities 
  of 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  are 
  manufactured 
  every 
  season. 
  This 
  

   year, 
  however, 
  the 
  dreaded 
  grasshopper 
  has 
  visited 
  these 
  ranges 
  and 
  eaten 
  everything 
  

   in 
  sight, 
  and 
  the 
  dairymen 
  have 
  been 
  compelled 
  to 
  seek 
  pastures 
  green 
  and 
  new. 
  

   Joe 
  Joerger, 
  whose 
  range 
  is 
  in 
  Martin 
  Valley, 
  has 
  been 
  forced 
  to 
  move 
  with 
  his 
  dairy 
  

   of 
  120 
  cows. 
  W. 
  H. 
  "Williams, 
  from 
  Russell 
  Valley, 
  Mr. 
  Barton, 
  from 
  the 
  Little 
  

   Truckee, 
  Johnny 
  Fleckenstien, 
  from 
  Sardine 
  Valley, 
  and 
  the 
  Perazo 
  Brothers, 
  from 
  

   Sage 
  Hen, 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  obliged 
  to 
  leave 
  their 
  ranges 
  and 
  go 
  elsewhere 
  with 
  their 
  

   dairies. 
  These 
  dairies 
  in 
  years 
  past 
  have 
  been 
  considered 
  among 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  

   but 
  this 
  year 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  have 
  devoured 
  almost 
  everything 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  

   vegetation, 
  leaving 
  them 
  barren, 
  desolate 
  wastes. 
  — 
  [Truckee 
  Republican, 
  August 
  6, 
  1879. 
  

  

  GRASSHOPPER 
  RAID 
  IN 
  SHASTA. 
  

  

  Down 
  at 
  Shasta 
  River, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  flats 
  toward 
  Willow 
  Creek, 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  over- 
  

   run 
  with 
  grasshoppers, 
  which 
  devour 
  everything 
  in 
  the 
  vegetation 
  line, 
  and 
  even 
  

   climb 
  trees 
  to 
  eat 
  the 
  leaves. 
  They 
  first 
  appeared 
  at 
  Fiock's 
  ranch 
  after 
  his 
  grain 
  

   was 
  cut, 
  and 
  he 
  cut 
  his 
  alfalfa 
  immediately 
  to 
  save 
  what 
  he 
  could 
  of 
  it 
  for 
  hay. 
  At 
  the 
  

   Portuguese 
  vegetable 
  ranch 
  below, 
  formerly 
  owned 
  by 
  W. 
  J. 
  Paul, 
  the 
  grasshoppers 
  

   are 
  devouring 
  everything, 
  and 
  decimating 
  his 
  splendid 
  crop 
  of 
  corn, 
  tomatoes, 
  cab- 
  

   bage, 
  and 
  vegetables 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  Other 
  ranches 
  and 
  gardens 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  are 
  

   suffering 
  from 
  this 
  pest. 
  At 
  Little 
  Shasta 
  several 
  farms 
  have 
  been 
  visited 
  with 
  the 
  

   nuisance, 
  but 
  the 
  grain, 
  being 
  too 
  far 
  advanced, 
  has 
  escaped 
  injury. 
  The 
  second 
  

   crops 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  and 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  vegetables 
  and 
  late 
  products, 
  however, 
  are 
  being 
  

   pretty 
  well 
  cleaned 
  out. 
  Grasshoppers 
  are 
  worse 
  than 
  crickets 
  or 
  locusts, 
  as 
  they 
  

   travel 
  around 
  livelier 
  and 
  eat 
  faster. 
  — 
  [ 
  Yreka 
  Journal, 
  August 
  6, 
  1879. 
  

  

  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  TWO 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  By 
  Prof. 
  Cyrus 
  Thomas. 
  

  

  From 
  specimens 
  seiit 
  to 
  the 
  commission 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lemmon, 
  and 
  others 
  by 
  

   J. 
  K. 
  Luin, 
  of 
  Lewis 
  County, 
  W. 
  T. 
  ? 
  Profesor 
  Thomas 
  has 
  described 
  the 
  

   following 
  species. 
  The 
  other 
  species 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  our 
  next 
  report 
  : 
  

  

  (Edipoda 
  obliterata. 
  Nov. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Male 
  and 
  female. 
  Length 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  elytra, 
  1.50; 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  1.10 
  to 
  1.30. 
  

   Pale 
  reddish-brown 
  or 
  dull 
  yellowish, 
  tinged 
  with 
  rufous, 
  with 
  irregular 
  transverse 
  

   bands 
  of 
  dark, 
  fuscous 
  spots. 
  

  

  Occiput 
  not 
  prominent. 
  Vertex 
  broad, 
  moderately 
  deflexed 
  ; 
  margins 
  with 
  sharp 
  

   carinas, 
  forming 
  a 
  distinct, 
  sub-quadrate, 
  median 
  foveola, 
  which 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  

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