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INDEX. 
Locust, litems 201. 
warnings through tho Signal Bureau, 318, 
321. 
young, destruction of, 19. 
effect of destroying, 22. 
Locusts at sea, 80. 
a plague of, 45. 
Bibliography of, [33]. 
characteristics of, iu all countries within 
their areas of permanent distribution, 
80 far as these relate to their move- 
ments, 72. 
facts and laws governing migrations of, 
in all countries, 31. 
Bight of, 34, 73, 160. 
general review of. in 1878, 9. 
natural enemies of, 259. 
plan lor destroying, 21-25, 26. 
ravages, extent of, 54. 
in California, 242. 
Lombardy, locusfs in, 30. 
Losses in* California occasioned by locusts, 254. 
Lubbock, Sir John, on distribut ion ot trachete, 193. 
Lncretiis, Gactanodo, statement of, 36, 37, 85, 89, 95. 
on the flight of locusts, [63]. 
Ludolf. statement of, 39. 
Lybia, locusts in, 43. 
M. 
Madagascar, locusts in, 47. 
Mailand, locusts in, 37. 
Mallophora orcina, 262. 
Map of arable lands, 100. 
Marten, John, report of, [29]. 
McCaman, J. D., statement of, 14. 
McCauley, Lieut. C. A. 11., statement of, 11. 
McGlone, J no., statement of, [00]. 
Means of killing in permanent region, 15. 
Melanoplus, [24]. 
Mesch, Indian name for cricket, 109. 
Meteorology, influence of, on development and 
migrations of locusts, 109-155. 
Methods of forming bands, 911. 
Mexico, limits of migrations in, 58, 59. 
Microscopic anatomy of the cricket, 183. 
locust, 183. 
Migrations, 73. 
causes of, 103-108. 
changes in the map showing, 159, 100. 
direction of, 74-82. 
distance a swarm may travel in its, 
82-84. 
oxtent of a single, 84-87. 
height of, 98. 
in Europe, chronological account of, 
34-41. 
influence of meteorology on, 109-155. 
influence of wind and weather on, 48. 
in other countries, 32. 
laws of, 31, 32. 
time of, 83. 
Migratory disposition, 89. 
habits of locusts, 31. 
Minnesota, locust nights in, 1877, 160, [17, 29]. 
187*, 161. [29]. 
1879, 162. 
ravages in, 1878, 1. 
benefited by settlement of Dakota, 305. 
Minot, C. S., histologvbf Caloptenus, 183. 
(Edipoda, 183. 
locust and cricket, 183. 
Mite, red locust, in California, 253. 
Moffat, statement of, 52. 
Montana, locust flights in, 1877, 161. 
1878, 162. 
ravages in, 1878, 7. 
1879, 13. 
Mone, Major, statement of, 46, 83. 
Moravia, locusts in, 36. 
Morier, J., statement of, 82. 
Mortoon, O. C, statement of, 13. 
Mountain area of permanent region, 280. 
northern section of, 280. 
southern section of, 289. 
Movement of swarms, 89-96. 
Mud-dab wasp, 206. 
Music of Anabrus, 173. 
Myers, William, statement of, 12. 
V. 
Naples, locusts in, 36. 
Nebraska, locust flights in, 1877, 160, [4, 29J. 
1878, 162. 
1879, 162. 
ravages in, 1878, 2. 
locusts in, 1879, 10. 
Nervous system of locust, 223. 
Nevada, locusts in, 1878, 7. 
ravages of cricket in, 165. 
New Mexico, history of locust ravages in, 157-159. 
limits of migrations in, 5H, 59. 
locust flights iu, 1877, 101. 
1878, 162. 
locusts iu, 156. 
southern range of locusts in, 159. 
Newport, G., on air-sacs of insects, 178, 180, 181. 
Now Zealand, locusts in, 47. 
Niebubr, statement of, 43. 
Night flights, 96, 97. 
Ninoveh, locusts iu, 41. 
Nixon, Thomas, on appearance of locusts in Kan- 
sas, 1878, 3. 
Norrington, William, statement of, [61 J. 
Northern section of the mountain area, 280. 
Nubia, locusts in, 49. 
O. 
Oats, destruction of, 10, 13. 
(Ecanthus, (23). 
(Edipoda, 59. 
atrox. See Camnula pollucida, 242, 243. 
cruciata, 42, 64. 
obliterata, 257. 
sordida, histology of, 183, 184. 
snbfasciata, 4G. 
(Edipodini, 31, 59, 243. 
Olivier, statement of, 43, 61. 
Opuntia, 276. 
Oregon, Eastern, ravages of cricket in, 165. 
Osten Sacken, K., 265. 206. 
Ovipositor of Anabrus, 174. 
P. 
Pachytylus cinerascens, 57, 60, 63. 
migratorius, 32, 33, 45, 54, 56, 57, 59, CO, 
02,63,65, 85, 103, 104, 
[63]. 
extent of its migrations, 
84. 
habit of returning of, 78. 
height of its flights, 100. 
limits of northern distii- 
bution of, 59, 60, 01, 62. 
migratory character of, 
Panchlora, [28]. 
Paraguay, locusts in, 54. 
Pasturage of cattle, effect of, 22. 
Pausanias, statement of, 33. 
Packard, A. S., jr., 265. 
air-sacs of locust, 178. 
Anabrus or western cricket, 163. 
brain of locust, 223. 
and Riley, chronology of locust 
injury, 1878, 1879, 1. 
zoo-geographical provinces of 
Western America, 108. 
notes on a journev to Utah and 
Idaho, [09]. 
Anabrus, 1G4, 105, 108. 
cricket. 104, 1G5, 168. 
table of locust years, 111. 
Peculiarity of locust plague, 29. 
Pelopceus, cocoons of, 200, 
lunatus, 266. 
Periods of rest in Asia, 43. 
Permanent abode, difficulties of determining, 
60-62. 
Permanent breeding grounds, 56. 
characters of, 68-72. 
limits of, 56-58. 
distribution, areas of, 56. 
home, means of finding, 62, 
region, aridity of, 15. 
as to the, 15-26. 
characteristics of, 15, 275. 
