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  REPOET 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  1874. 
  — 
  In 
  1874 
  the 
  worms 
  were 
  decidedly 
  more 
  injurious 
  tliau 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year. 
  In 
  Kentucky 
  they 
  appeared 
  in 
  Logan, 
  Adair, 
  McLean, 
  

   Livingston, 
  Breckinridge, 
  Taylor, 
  and 
  Ohio 
  Counties; 
  in 
  Tennessee, 
  in 
  

   Knox, 
  Chatham, 
  and 
  Putnam 
  Counties, 
  on 
  grass, 
  and 
  in 
  Dickson 
  County, 
  

   on 
  millet 
  ; 
  in 
  Missouri, 
  in 
  Saint 
  Genevieve 
  and 
  Logan 
  Counties, 
  and 
  in 
  

   Illinois, 
  in 
  Marion, 
  Edmunds, 
  Jackson, 
  and 
  Montgomery 
  Counties. 
  In 
  

   liis 
  Entomological 
  Eecord 
  for 
  this 
  year. 
  Glover 
  says 
  that 
  Leiicmiia 
  uni- 
  

   puncta 
  in 
  July 
  damaged 
  grass 
  in 
  Richland 
  County, 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  

   Heard 
  County, 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  Macon 
  County, 
  Alabama; 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  

   quite 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  doing 
  the 
  damage 
  was 
  the 
  "Grass 
  Worm" 
  

   {La^hygma 
  frugiperda 
  Sm. 
  & 
  A.), 
  and 
  not 
  Leucania. 
  

  

  1875. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Army 
  Worms 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year 
  1875 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  Glover's 
  Entomological 
  Eecord, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Monthly 
  Reports 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  for 
  that 
  year, 
  page 
  

   369, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  refers 
  to 
  Leucania 
  unlimncta 
  : 
  

  

  GRASS 
  AKMY 
  WORMS 
  (Zeucania 
  unipuncia 
  piob.). 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  appeared 
  in 
  Lincoln, 
  Maine, 
  early 
  in 
  August, 
  and 
  destroyed 
  some 
  fields 
  

   of 
  grain 
  and 
  other 
  crops. 
  In 
  Newport, 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  they 
  overran 
  several 
  fields, 
  

   eating 
  all 
  the 
  grass 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  cereals, 
  including 
  some 
  cornfields. 
  They 
  were 
  

   here 
  fully 
  as 
  destructive 
  as 
  in 
  1861. 
  They 
  also 
  appeared 
  in 
  Cambria 
  and 
  Chester, 
  

   Pennsylvania; 
  in 
  Frederick, 
  Maryland; 
  in 
  Craig, 
  Grayson, 
  and 
  Augusta, 
  Virginia; 
  

   Tucher, 
  Randolph, 
  and 
  Nicholas, 
  West 
  Yirginia. 
  Insects 
  called 
  Army 
  Worms 
  were 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  oat 
  crops 
  in 
  Ohio. 
  In 
  Fulton, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  compar- 
  

   atively 
  unknown, 
  they 
  came 
  by 
  ndllions, 
  cutting 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  oats 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  

   ground 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  grain. 
  Hancock 
  lost 
  50 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  crop, 
  which 
  was 
  also 
  

   greatly 
  injured 
  in 
  Hemy, 
  Van 
  Wert, 
  Fulton, 
  Montgomery, 
  Mercer, 
  Auglaize, 
  Crawford, 
  

   Delaware, 
  Lucas, 
  Union, 
  Warren, 
  Morrow, 
  and 
  Adams. 
  In 
  Licking 
  the 
  general 
  de- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  oats 
  was 
  supplemented 
  by 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  corn. 
  Tbey 
  cut 
  ofi 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  and 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  oats 
  just 
  ready 
  to 
  harvest. 
  The 
  insect 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  resem- 
  

   bling 
  the 
  cut-worm, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  lighter 
  colored, 
  being 
  a 
  light 
  brown. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  

   they 
  attacked 
  every 
  green 
  thing. 
  In 
  Monroe 
  and 
  Branch, 
  Michigan, 
  they 
  destroyed 
  

   not 
  only 
  oats, 
  but 
  grass, 
  corn, 
  wheat, 
  and 
  rye. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  reported 
  in 
  Franklin, 
  

   La 
  Porte, 
  Whitely, 
  and 
  De 
  Kalb, 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  in 
  Alexander 
  and 
  Ogle, 
  Illinois. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  regular 
  entries 
  of 
  correspondents' 
  reports 
  we 
  gather 
  the 
  

   following 
  additional 
  localities 
  for 
  this 
  year: 
  Montgomery 
  County, 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia; 
  Knox, 
  Greene, 
  and 
  Obion 
  Counties, 
  Tennessee 
  j 
  Logan 
  County, 
  

   Kentucky; 
  Saint 
  Genevieve 
  (May 
  20), 
  Boone, 
  Ferry, 
  Howard, 
  Gascon- 
  

   ade, 
  Montgomery, 
  Madison, 
  Cape 
  Girardeau, 
  and 
  Bollinger, 
  Missouri 
  j 
  

   in 
  Pike, 
  Perry, 
  Jersey, 
  Randolph, 
  Madison, 
  ^angamon, 
  Monroe, 
  and 
  

   Clinton, 
  Illinois; 
  Logan 
  and 
  Medina, 
  Ohio. 
  Prom 
  Clallam 
  County^ 
  

   Washington 
  Territory, 
  came 
  the 
  following 
  report: 
  

  

  Timothy 
  attacked 
  by 
  Army 
  Worms, 
  which 
  caused 
  our 
  farmers 
  to 
  commence 
  hay- 
  

   making 
  sooner 
  than 
  they 
  intended. 
  

  

  We 
  supplement 
  the 
  above 
  and 
  conclude 
  the 
  record 
  for 
  1875 
  by 
  the 
  

   following 
  from 
  our 
  Eighth 
  Missouri 
  Entomological 
  Report: 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May, 
  or 
  just 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   consternation 
  regarding 
  the 
  locusts, 
  our 
  papers 
  contained 
  dispatches 
  from 
  various 
  

   parts 
  of 
  Southern 
  Illinois 
  and 
  Central 
  Missouri 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  the 
  Army 
  Worm 
  had 
  

  

  