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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  of 
  Fort 
  AssiDniboine, 
  Montana, 
  he 
  stated 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  troubled 
  

   since 
  the 
  post 
  was 
  located, 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  but 
  in 
  previous 
  years 
  

   while 
  campaigning 
  over 
  that 
  country 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  them 
  very 
  thick 
  

   during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  in 
  the 
  Bear 
  Paw 
  Mountains 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  elevated 
  plateau 
  circling 
  from 
  the 
  mountains 
  northwestward 
  into 
  

   Canada. 
  

  

  For 
  favors 
  received 
  while 
  at 
  Fort 
  Peck 
  Agency 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   Major 
  Porter, 
  the 
  Government 
  agent, 
  and 
  Eev. 
  G.W. 
  Wood. 
  

  

  Major 
  Porter 
  reports 
  no 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  locusts 
  between 
  this 
  place 
  

   and 
  Woody 
  Mountain, 
  Canada, 
  about 
  80 
  miles 
  distant 
  to 
  the 
  north. 
  No 
  

   swarms 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  passing 
  over 
  this 
  year. 
  At 
  Deer 
  Tails, 
  6 
  miles 
  

   below, 
  on 
  the 
  river, 
  the 
  crops 
  were 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  locusts 
  had 
  

   not 
  been 
  noticed, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  fewer 
  of 
  them 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  agency 
  on 
  

   Poplar 
  Eiver. 
  

  

  At 
  Wolf's 
  Point, 
  25 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  Missouri 
  Eiver, 
  Mr. 
  Smith, 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   agent, 
  reported 
  that 
  no 
  locusts 
  had 
  been 
  there, 
  nor 
  had 
  any 
  flown 
  over 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years 
  or 
  since 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  stationed 
  there. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  J. 
  Woodbridge, 
  who 
  has 
  paid 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  nat- 
  

   ural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  

   had 
  ridden 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  30 
  miles 
  into 
  the 
  Bad 
  Lands, 
  on 
  the 
  o])posite 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  Eiver, 
  without 
  seeing 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  destructive 
  locusts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harry 
  Snell 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Williams 
  report 
  having 
  seen 
  locusts 
  hatch- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers 
  in 
  1876 
  and 
  1877 
  in 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Yalley, 
  but 
  

   not 
  many 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years. 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  agency 
  interpreter 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  frequently 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   twenty-nine 
  years 
  passed 
  by 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  Fort 
  Peck 
  Indian 
  Agency, 
  

   and 
  four 
  years 
  ago 
  he 
  began 
  raising 
  crops 
  there, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  that 
  time 
  

   he 
  had 
  not 
  seen 
  locusts 
  in 
  sufficient 
  numbers 
  to 
  be 
  troublesome 
  there. 
  

  

  In 
  1878 
  they 
  were 
  seen 
  flying 
  over 
  this 
  place, 
  going 
  toward 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east. 
  Between 
  here 
  and 
  Fort 
  Buford 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  

   hatch, 
  by 
  any 
  person 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  met, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  almost 
  

   every 
  year 
  flying 
  over 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  territory. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  collection 
  made 
  here, 
  the 
  principal 
  part 
  was 
  grasshoppers, 
  

   among 
  which 
  C. 
  spretus 
  was 
  quite 
  prominent. 
  Lepidoptera 
  were 
  next. 
  

   Of 
  this 
  order 
  the 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  represented 
  were 
  few, 
  although 
  

   there 
  was 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  taken. 
  Diptera, 
  neu- 
  

   roptera 
  and 
  coleoptera 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  Here, 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  

   places 
  visited, 
  the 
  orthoptera 
  were 
  most 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  higher 
  ground 
  

   back 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  Avhile 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  insects 
  taken 
  

   were 
  found 
  alon^ 
  the 
  Poplar 
  Eiver 
  bottom. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  only 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  that 
  crops 
  have 
  been 
  

   raised 
  at 
  this 
  agency. 
  Scarcely 
  any 
  one 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  who 
  could 
  give 
  

   definite 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  locusts. 
  

  

  Eeturning 
  from 
  Fort 
  Peck 
  Agency 
  to 
  Bismarck, 
  where 
  I 
  arrived 
  Au- 
  

   gust 
  2, 
  I 
  learned 
  they 
  arrived 
  here 
  August 
  4, 
  1878, 
  and 
  remained 
  four 
  

   days, 
  depositing 
  eggs 
  over 
  a 
  space 
  about 
  10 
  miles 
  long 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west 
  

   and 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  miles 
  wide 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south. 
  Alter 
  depositing 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  they 
  flew 
  towards 
  the 
  southeast. 
  About 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August, 
  

   1877, 
  the 
  locusts 
  stopped 
  near 
  Bismarck, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  do 
  much 
  damage. 
  

   They 
  were 
  seen 
  eating 
  the 
  wild 
  sunflower, 
  which 
  w^as 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   unusual 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  August 
  3 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  Mandan, 
  Dak., 
  and 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Lang- 
  

   for 
  information 
  received 
  there. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  latter 
  i^art 
  of 
  June, 
  1879, 
  locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  flying 
  toward 
  the 
  

   southeast. 
  Eggs 
  have 
  been 
  dei)0sited 
  every 
  year 
  from 
  1873 
  to 
  1879 
  

   along 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Heart 
  Eiver 
  Yalley 
  in 
  quantities 
  to 
  cause 
  

  

  