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Yakima, I'raiikliii, Adams, and VVhitinaii counties in Washiujj^ton, have 
suft'ered to a ^real extent liom deN astations by locusts. The \ ieinity 
of Kit/ville seemed to liave suflered most of all. Mr. A. S. Newton, of 
that place, informs mc that for two years the total acreage of wheat has 
been injured to the extent that only half a croj* has been harvested. 
Mcl(nn>j)his sju'ctn.s was taken at all j)oints in this State where stops 
were made, but in rather few numbers. However, in the northern part 
of Adams County, in Washington, it was the sole species concerned in 
the damaj:*'. 
M. J'cnnir-ruhrnm lias done by far the greater shaie of the injury, 
though .1/. (ithniis has also been very numerous. The injury that has 
been done by these species in these regions has been as great as has 
been done in any i)art of Colorado duriu^ the past season, though the 
conditions are entirely different in tiie two regions. Parasites, mites, 
and ru(h'nii(hv were very numerous and were fast decreasing the num- 
ber of locusts, in many cases this al)undance, with an extremely wet 
fall, will have the eti'eet of materially decreasing the number of locusts 
appearing next season. Early in Septend)er the rainy season began 
before much of the wheat was cut, and prevailing cold rains continued 
for several weeks. This was Just in time to interfere with the deposit- 
ing of eggs, and furthermore had a very demoralizing efiect on the 
locusts. Large numbers were found huddled together, many dead, and 
the remainder weakened by the cold and attacks of fungus diseases. 
These fungus diseases, if it were not lor the cold, would have si)read 
to such an extent as to exterminate the pests. Conditions here are so 
entirely ditferent from those in Colorado that it is safe to say that the 
pest is on a decline, although it will by no means have disappeared by 
next season. Professor Cordley is of this same opinion. 
In Oregon several localities in the Grande and Cmatilla valleys 
have sutlered in the past few years from crickets, but, as lar as I could 
ascertain, not this season. There was one such case last year near 
Seneca and another near Pilot Kock. 
MONTANA. 
The only stop made in this State was at Helena, where, a few miles 
up the Last Chance Gulch, several specimens of Melanophts aprctus were 
collected, the only species of Orthoptera in evidence. I was informed 
by Mr. A. I. Sanderson, of Helena, who has traveled in all i)arts of the 
State this season, by wagon from Miles City to Livingston, that he had 
not seen or heard of an undue prevalence of locusts in any part of the 
State. Mr. P. A. Pydberg, agent of the Division of liotany, who in 
duly and August covered thoroughly the region between Bozemau, 
Livingston, and Yellowstone Park, rei)orted that the nund)er of locusts 
seemed less thaji in i)revious years when he had traversed the same 
territory. A well informed ranchman from the valley of the Madison, 
