THE 



Locust Plague 



IN THE 



UNITED STATES: 



BEING MORE PARTICULARLY A TREATISE ON THE 

 OR SO-CALLED 



GRASSHOPPER, 



AS IT OCCURS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 



"WITH 



Practical Recommendations for its Destruction, 



BY 



Charles V. Riley, I.A,Ph.D., 



STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF MISSOURI ; CHIEF OF THE U. S. ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION 

 LECTURER ON ENTOMOLOGY IN VARIOUS COLLEGES; 

 AUTHOR OF '• POTA TO PESTS,'' ETC. 



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RAND. ^IcNALLt~S'\^<^TJBLISHERS. 

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