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CHAPTER IX. 



PA6K 



Ravages of Locusts East of the Mississippi . .187 



Migratory Locusts in the Eastern States, 187. — The Atlan- 

 tic Locust, 187. — Injury from other, non-migratory species, 

 190. — Often a serious matter during hot, dry seasons, 

 193. — Locust flights in Illinois in 1875, 195. — The species 

 of which the swarms were composed, 197. — Locust flights 

 east of the Mississippi not composed of the Rocky Mount- 

 ain species, 201. — Necessity of discriminating between 

 species, 201. 



CHAPTER X. 



General Considerations 207 



Nomenclature, 207. — Locust vs. Grasshopper, 207. — 

 Prairie fires vs. locust ravages, 209. — Fasting and prayer, 

 213. — Not a divine visitation, 216. — Influence of the wind 

 in determining the course of locust flights, 216. — Locusts 

 as food for man, 217. — Unnecessary alarm caused by com- 

 paratively harmless species, 227. 



