﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist. 
  187 
  

  

  western 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  since 
  which 
  time, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  

   August, 
  their 
  number 
  and 
  their 
  destructiveness 
  have 
  been 
  on 
  the 
  

   increase. 
  After 
  the 
  heavy 
  rainfall 
  of 
  the 
  2Sth-29th 
  August, 
  

   amounting 
  to 
  over 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  some 
  localities, 
  a 
  marked 
  dimi- 
  

   nution 
  in 
  number 
  was 
  observed. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  injurious 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  western 
  counties. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  McCul- 
  

   lom, 
  of 
  Niagara 
  county, 
  writing 
  toward 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August, 
  

   states 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  crops 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  entirely 
  by 
  

   the 
  ravenous 
  insects 
  or 
  so 
  damaged 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  worthless. 
  From 
  

   Erie 
  county 
  it 
  is 
  reported: 
  " 
  Grashoppers 
  have 
  settled 
  down 
  

   upon 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  Western 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  eaten 
  every 
  green 
  

   thing 
  in 
  sight. 
  The 
  loss 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  large. 
  Acres 
  on 
  acres 
  

   which 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  ago 
  were 
  fresh 
  and 
  green 
  with 
  ripening 
  crops 
  

   are 
  now 
  barren 
  wastes 
  of 
  leafless 
  stalks 
  and 
  branches. 
  At 
  first 
  

   but 
  little 
  attention 
  was 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  flying 
  and 
  hopping 
  pests, 
  but 
  

   as 
  they 
  increased 
  in 
  number 
  hourly, 
  the 
  farmers 
  became 
  alarmed 
  

   and 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  drive 
  them 
  away. 
  A 
  strong 
  mixture 
  of 
  

   salt 
  and 
  water 
  was 
  used, 
  but 
  had 
  little 
  effect." 
  {Associated 
  Press.) 
  

   In 
  Chautauqua 
  county 
  fields 
  of 
  oats 
  were 
  stripped 
  of 
  their 
  grain 
  

   early 
  in 
  August, 
  and 
  " 
  garden 
  truck" 
  wholly 
  destroyed, 
  while 
  in 
  

   Cattaraugus 
  and 
  Allegany 
  counties 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time. 
  In 
  Wyoming 
  county, 
  after 
  consuming 
  the 
  corn, 
  

   they 
  began 
  to 
  eat 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  fruit-trees. 
  In 
  Genesee 
  

   county, 
  they 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  " 
  eating 
  every 
  green 
  thing." 
  In 
  

   Orleans 
  county 
  " 
  they 
  had 
  never 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  

   before." 
  Along 
  the 
  southern 
  range 
  of 
  counties 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  

   destructive 
  in 
  Steuben 
  (much 
  oats 
  were 
  cut 
  prematurely 
  for 
  fod- 
  

   der 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  save 
  it), 
  Chemung, 
  and 
  Tioga. 
  In 
  Central 
  New 
  

   York 
  they 
  inflicted 
  much 
  damage 
  in 
  Aladison 
  county, 
  and 
  north- 
  

   wardly 
  toward 
  the 
  lake 
  shore 
  in 
  Oswego 
  county, 
  where 
  the 
  cab- 
  

   bage 
  crop 
  suffered 
  severely. 
  In 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

   as 
  iu 
  Franklin 
  county, 
  they 
  were 
  less 
  destructive, 
  but 
  pastures 
  

   and 
  meadows 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  suffering 
  from 
  them. 
  

  

  As 
  usual 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  

   injuries 
  committed 
  this 
  season, 
  as 
  above 
  reported, 
  is 
  chargeable 
  

   upon 
  our 
  t 
  vo 
  most 
  common 
  species 
  of 
  grasshoppers, 
  viz., 
  the 
  red- 
  

   legged 
  locust 
  (commonlj 
  called 
  grasshopper), 
  Kelanoplus 
  femur- 
  

   rubrum 
  (De 
  Geer), 
  and 
  the 
  lesser 
  migrator}^ 
  locust 
  (as 
  designated 
  

   by 
  Riley), 
  Melanoplus 
  atlanis 
  (Riley). 
  In 
  their 
  destructive 
  work, 
  

  

  