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ticedin large numbers north of Edgewood and throughout that valley. 

 At Montague I was informed that, on account of the unusually dry sea- 

 son aud the crickets and grasshoppers, the crop had been an entire 

 failure in that district. Around this latter place no vegetation except 

 a few sage- bushes were visible. Along the creeks, where a little grass 

 and vegetation was still growing, the locusts were swarming. JDissos- 

 teira obliterata Thos. was abundant throughout the valley. Even in 

 places where for a half a mile not a shrub or any dry plant was visible 

 they appeared to be happy, but were seen abundantly aloug water- 

 courses and places still affording some food. Melanoplus cinereus Scudd. 

 was more numerously represented in places where food was still to be 

 had, even if dry. But few specimems of M. femur-rubrum DeGeer 

 were seen, while M. packardii Scudd. was the most abundant of all, 

 feeding upon grasses along streams, and in all the meadows, where it 

 outnumbers all the other species put together. Here they were often 

 observed, always the female, caught in the web of a large spider, which 

 feeds upon them. 



M. devastator Scudd. was not met with throughout the summer, while 

 Cavmula pellucid a Scudd. was only seen occasionally in the places vis- 

 ited. Another numerous species in the Shasta Valley was Resperotettix 

 pacificus Bruner, but this was found feeding upon sage-bushes only. 

 About eight other species of locusts were found at Montague, of which 

 Dissosteira Carolina Linn., Trimerotropis fallax Sauss., Conozora wal- 

 lula Scudd., and Stenobothrus coloradus Thos., were the most abundant. 

 Two species of large crickets have been very numerous at Montague 

 also joining in the destructive work — Anabrus simplex (?) Hald., and the 

 other a species of Steiroxis. The common cricket, Gryllus luctuosus 

 Serv., was abundant in the central part of the State, often coming in 

 large numbers into cities and into houses. 



