﻿THE 
  MIGRATORY 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  JAPAN. 
  [59] 
  

  

  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  miaratort 
  locust 
  in 
  japan. 
  

  

  Sappow, 
  Yesso, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  January 
  30, 
  1883. 
  

   Prof. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr.: 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  send 
  you 
  by 
  this 
  mail 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  migratory 
  locust 
  

   of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Japan, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  egg'-pods, 
  unfortunately 
  

   somewhat 
  broken. 
  I 
  fear 
  that 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  as 
  

   they 
  have 
  lain 
  in 
  a 
  drawer 
  for 
  some 
  time; 
  but 
  perhaps 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  

   to 
  identify 
  the 
  species, 
  and, 
  should 
  you 
  desire 
  it, 
  I 
  can 
  send 
  you 
  perfect 
  

   specimens 
  next 
  summer. 
  The 
  habits 
  of 
  these 
  locusts 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  essen- 
  

   tially 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  iS^orth 
  American 
  species, 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  

   reports 
  of 
  the 
  IJ. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  but 
  I 
  should 
  judge 
  that 
  

   the 
  powers 
  of 
  flight 
  are 
  less 
  in 
  the 
  Japanese 
  species. 
  These 
  insects 
  

   first 
  (within 
  modern 
  times) 
  proved 
  injurious 
  here 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1881, 
  

   when 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  unusually 
  dry, 
  and 
  they 
  left 
  the 
  rather 
  dry 
  and 
  

   sandy 
  district, 
  which 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  discovered 
  to 
  be 
  their 
  "headquar- 
  

   ters," 
  so 
  to 
  speak. 
  In 
  oue 
  other 
  respect 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  locust 
  seem 
  

   to 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  American, 
  viz: 
  they 
  often 
  deposit 
  their 
  eggs 
  

   in 
  quite 
  wet 
  places, 
  places 
  where 
  even 
  in 
  summer 
  water 
  will 
  usually 
  

   stand 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  only 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  depth 
  ^ 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  credibly 
  informed 
  that 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  hatch 
  in 
  such 
  localities, 
  though 
  somewhat 
  later. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  American 
  Naturalist 
  for 
  May, 
  1882, 
  I 
  noticed, 
  in 
  an 
  extract 
  from 
  

   a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  Calvert 
  to 
  the 
  London 
  Entomologist^ 
  mention 
  of 
  

   a 
  parasite 
  (Sarcophaga 
  llneata) 
  preying 
  upon 
  the 
  locusts 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  the 
  Dardanelles, 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  your 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  feasi- 
  

   bility 
  or 
  advisability 
  of 
  importing 
  and 
  establishing 
  that 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  par- 
  

   asite 
  upon 
  the 
  locust 
  here. 
  The 
  climate 
  is 
  essentially 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  but 
  perhaps 
  three 
  weeks 
  later. 
  

  

  Hoping 
  that 
  you 
  may 
  not 
  deem 
  me 
  trespassing 
  too 
  much 
  on 
  your 
  

   valuable 
  time, 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  WM. 
  P. 
  BROOKS. 
  

  

  IsToTE. 
  — 
  Professor 
  Eiley 
  has 
  compared 
  these 
  specimens 
  with 
  Pachyty- 
  

   lus 
  migratoriiiSj 
  and 
  finds 
  that 
  they 
  difier 
  only 
  in 
  being 
  darker 
  aud 
  in 
  

   having 
  blacker 
  and 
  somewhat 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined 
  wing-spots. 
  Kop- 
  

   pen, 
  in 
  Petermann's 
  Mittheilun 
  gen, 
  1871, 
  p. 
  303, 
  records 
  P. 
  migratorius 
  

   from 
  the 
  East 
  Indies, 
  Siam, 
  China 
  and 
  Japan, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  other 
  points 
  

   south 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  and 
  Indian 
  Oceans. 
  

  

  B. 
  — 
  Early 
  Notices 
  of 
  Locusts 
  in 
  IN'orth 
  America. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard, 
  Jr. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir: 
  I 
  send 
  you 
  these 
  extracts 
  and 
  the 
  translation 
  from 
  Father 
  

   Hennepin 
  as 
  contributions 
  to 
  '^grasshopper 
  literature." 
  They 
  may 
  be 
  

   serviceable 
  to 
  you. 
  

   Yours, 
  truly, 
  

  

  E. 
  L. 
  BEPvTHOUD. 
  

  

  [extract 
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  the 
  FIIENCH 
  EDITION, 
  OF 
  1704, 
  OF 
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  HEN- 
  

   NEPIN'S 
  VOYAGE 
  AND 
  DISCOVERY 
  IN 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA 
  OF 
  NEW 
  COUNTRIES 
  AND 
  

   OF 
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  DESCRIPTION 
  OF 
  FORT 
  

   FRONTENAC 
  OR 
  CATARAQUI.] 
  

  

  The 
  land 
  wliich 
  surrounds 
  this 
  fort 
  is 
  very 
  fertile 
  ; 
  "we 
  have 
  cultivated 
  more 
  than 
  

  

  one 
  hundred 
  ''arpents" 
  during 
  the 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  years 
  I 
  resided 
  there 
  on 
  amission. 
  

  

  Indian 
  corn, 
  European 
  wheat, 
  leguminous 
  plants, 
  potherbs, 
  pumpkins 
  and 
  water- 
  

  

  