﻿[74] 
  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  few 
  fields 
  on 
  which 
  cotton 
  is 
  cnltivated 
  the 
  locusts 
  appeared! 
  

   largely. 
  They 
  simply 
  crawl 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  fly 
  about 
  the 
  

   stalk 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  destroy 
  either 
  the 
  leaves 
  or 
  blossoms. 
  How- 
  

   ever, 
  it 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  whether 
  they 
  eat 
  the 
  cotton 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  the- 
  

   cuml3u 
  or 
  cholum. 
  

  

  H. 
  SUBBARAYER 
  IYER, 
  

   Acting 
  Deputy 
  Collector 
  of 
  Tinnevelly,. 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Madras 
  Government, 
  March 
  20, 
  1878. 
  

  

  The 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Governor 
  in 
  Council 
  has 
  been 
  drawn 
  to 
  the 
  fre-^ 
  

   quent 
  notices 
  of 
  the 
  flights 
  of 
  locusts 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  district 
  and 
  

   other 
  officers, 
  but 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  unaccompanied 
  by 
  any 
  clear 
  indica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  flight 
  or 
  the 
  first 
  known 
  gathering 
  or 
  resting 
  

   places 
  of 
  these 
  insects. 
  The 
  Governor 
  in 
  Council 
  desires, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  

   district 
  officers 
  will 
  impress 
  upon 
  all 
  sub 
  -collectors, 
  assistants, 
  deputy 
  

   collectors 
  and 
  tahsildars 
  that 
  the 
  Government 
  attach 
  much 
  import- 
  

   ance 
  to 
  accurate 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  being; 
  

   communicated 
  to 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  care 
  with 
  which 
  this 
  information 
  is 
  

   obtained 
  may 
  very 
  materially 
  affect 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  any 
  measures 
  which 
  

   may 
  eventually 
  be 
  found 
  necessary 
  for 
  their 
  destruction 
  or 
  to 
  check 
  

   their 
  ravages. 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  MASTER, 
  

   SecrMary 
  to 
  the 
  Governments 
  

  

  OoDOOMULPETTA, 
  March 
  26, 
  1878. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  21st 
  and 
  22d 
  instant, 
  between 
  12 
  m. 
  and 
  2 
  p. 
  m., 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  

   locusts 
  made 
  their 
  apxjearance 
  in 
  the 
  KuUapurum 
  village 
  of 
  this 
  taluq, 
  

   apparently 
  having 
  come 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  Anamallay 
  Hills. 
  They 
  com- 
  

   pletely, 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  destroyed 
  the 
  paddy 
  in 
  Karoongalpathoo 
  (one 
  of 
  

   the 
  divisions 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  nunjah 
  lands 
  of 
  KuUapurum 
  are 
  divided).. 
  

   On 
  being 
  driven 
  from 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  ryots, 
  the 
  locusts 
  entered 
  the 
  nun- 
  

   jah 
  lands 
  of 
  Ramakolum, 
  belonging 
  to 
  Comaralingum 
  village, 
  and 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  the 
  paddy 
  crops 
  in 
  about 
  40 
  cawnies 
  of 
  land, 
  the 
  produce 
  of 
  

   which 
  was 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  300 
  salagayas, 
  or 
  24,000 
  pucka 
  measures. 
  

  

  Leaving 
  this 
  they 
  betook 
  themselves 
  eastward, 
  passing 
  through 
  Kol- 
  

   umam 
  village, 
  wliere 
  they 
  also 
  destroyed 
  some 
  paddy. 
  They 
  finally 
  

   entered 
  the 
  Pulni 
  Taluq 
  (Madura 
  district). 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  these 
  locusts 
  has 
  been 
  ascertained 
  to 
  be 
  

   worth 
  about 
  Rs. 
  4,000. 
  

  

  The 
  swarms 
  were 
  described 
  as 
  being 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  

   three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  width, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  passed 
  they 
  completely 
  

   hid 
  the 
  sun 
  from 
  sight. 
  

  

  J. 
  H. 
  COOK, 
  

   ^ 
  Special 
  Assistant, 
  

  

  Arni, 
  May 
  10, 
  1878. 
  

   The 
  following 
  suggestions 
  are 
  from 
  J. 
  F. 
  Price, 
  esq., 
  acting 
  collector 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chiogleput 
  district 
  : 
  

  

  When 
  in 
  Cnddapah 
  I 
  carefully 
  considered 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  way 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  

   incursions 
  of 
  locusts, 
  and 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  arrive 
  at 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  conclusion 
  as 
  to 
  

   how 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  difficulty. 
  I 
  suggested 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  using 
  nets 
  and 
  beating 
  the 
  

   locusts 
  into 
  them, 
  but 
  was 
  invariably 
  met 
  by 
  the 
  objection 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  impossible. 
  

  

  I 
  consider 
  that 
  offering 
  rewards 
  for 
  eggs 
  would 
  produce 
  no 
  results. 
  Indeed, 
  it 
  has 
  

   not 
  yet 
  been 
  shown 
  that 
  these 
  pests 
  breed 
  here 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  conditions 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   America 
  are 
  such 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  difficulty, 
  when 
  the 
  energy 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  

  

  