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  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  tbe 
  bottoms 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Eiver 
  between 
  Junction 
  City 
  

   and 
  Huntley-s 
  Landing. 
  Kone, 
  or 
  very 
  few 
  C. 
  spretus 
  — 
  not 
  as 
  common 
  

   as 
  in 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  July 
  22. 
  — 
  Hunter's 
  Post-Of&ce, 
  16 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Stillwater. 
  A 
  small 
  

   swarm 
  of 
  locusts 
  breeding 
  in 
  hills 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  in 
  1878. 
  Left, 
  in 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  July 
  to 
  the 
  southwest. 
  One 
  small 
  field 
  damaged 
  by 
  them. 
  

   Others 
  flying 
  over 
  a 
  week 
  later 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  southwest. 
  Numerous 
  

   swarms 
  during 
  1875 
  and 
  1876 
  from 
  west 
  and 
  northwest 
  during 
  July 
  

   and 
  August, 
  and 
  one 
  earlier 
  (about 
  1868). 
  Nothing 
  to 
  damagCj 
  and 
  no 
  

   damage 
  done. 
  

  

  Crow 
  Agency. 
  — 
  No 
  locusts 
  breeding 
  in 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  agency 
  since 
  

   established 
  on 
  the 
  Kosebud. 
  A 
  few 
  flying 
  over 
  in 
  1878 
  toward 
  the 
  

   south. 
  Came 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  northwest. 
  Claimed 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  

   from 
  the 
  Musselshell 
  and 
  tributaries, 
  where 
  they 
  hatched 
  in 
  small 
  areas. 
  

   Every 
  one 
  si)eaks 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  northwest, 
  

   where 
  they 
  are 
  claimed 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  almost 
  every 
  year, 
  if 
  not 
  permanenti3\ 
  

  

  July 
  26. 
  — 
  Saw 
  a 
  few 
  locusts 
  at 
  Countryman's 
  Eanche, 
  on 
  the 
  Yellow- 
  

   stone, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Stillwater. 
  Some 
  C. 
  spretus 
  and 
  

   C.femur-ruhrum; 
  also 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  others, 
  as 
  Stenohothrij 
  CEdipodce, 
  

   &c. 
  : 
  

  

  July 
  27.— 
  Very 
  few 
  locusts 
  of 
  any 
  description 
  on 
  road 
  between 
  Still- 
  

   water 
  and 
  Fort 
  Ellis. 
  

  

  July 
  28. 
  — 
  Yisited 
  canon 
  southeast 
  of 
  Fort 
  Ellis. 
  A 
  few 
  pupae 
  of 
  C. 
  

   spretus 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  Calopteni 
  were 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  rank 
  vegeta- 
  

   tion 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  Gallatin. 
  Other 
  species 
  of 
  Acrididce 
  were 
  met 
  with 
  

   higher 
  up 
  the 
  mountain 
  sides, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  nowhere 
  numerous. 
  Other 
  

   insects 
  were 
  also 
  quite 
  scarce 
  — 
  too 
  dry. 
  

  

  July 
  29. 
  — 
  Walked 
  into 
  the 
  foot-hills 
  north 
  of 
  Ellis. 
  Found 
  numerous 
  

   young 
  larv8s 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  Caloptenus, 
  among 
  which 
  

   were 
  C. 
  spretus 
  and 
  C. 
  atlanis. 
  Tliey 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  ravines 
  and 
  damp 
  

   localities 
  where 
  the 
  grass 
  was 
  good. 
  C. 
  hivittatus 
  was 
  more 
  evenly 
  dis- 
  

   tributed, 
  being 
  equally 
  numerous 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  mountain 
  tops. 
  Other 
  

   grasshoppers, 
  perhaps 
  Fezotettix 
  Dodgei 
  and 
  allies, 
  were 
  quite 
  common. 
  

  

  July 
  31. 
  — 
  Nothing 
  additional 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  locusts. 
  

  

  August 
  4. 
  — 
  Met 
  a 
  "cattle 
  man" 
  who 
  has 
  just 
  come 
  across 
  the 
  country 
  

   from 
  Cheyenne, 
  on 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific 
  Eailroad, 
  by 
  route 
  to 
  Fort 
  Fetter- 
  

   man, 
  thence 
  to 
  Fort 
  Eeno, 
  then 
  north 
  along 
  the 
  foot-hills 
  of 
  Big 
  Horn 
  

   Mountains 
  to 
  Fort 
  Phil. 
  Kearney, 
  thence 
  down^oose 
  Creek 
  and 
  across 
  

   to 
  Little 
  Big 
  Horn, 
  down 
  to 
  Fort 
  Custer, 
  then 
  up 
  to 
  Bozeman. 
  No 
  

   locusts 
  and 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  natives 
  were 
  seen 
  upon 
  the 
  entire 
  route. 
  This 
  

   being 
  almost 
  through 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  Wyoming 
  and 
  the 
  south 
  locust 
  area, 
  

   is 
  quite 
  conclusive 
  evidence 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  few 
  if 
  any 
  locusts 
  this 
  

   year 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  traversed 
  by 
  this 
  gentleman. 
  He 
  also 
  informed 
  me 
  

   that 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  special 
  inquiries 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  locusts 
  in 
  adjoining 
  

   sections 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  route, 
  but 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  none. 
  This 
  entire 
  area, 
  

   he 
  claims, 
  has 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  easily 
  burnt 
  over, 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  

  

  