BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 
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1643. Biley, C. V. — Continued. 
477+ 295, 111 figs., 5 pis., 2 maps. See : <Sci. Amer., 5 July, 
1879 [v. 55], n. s., v. 41, p. 8. S. b. Bo. 23, p. 121. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Letter of transmittal. xi 
Letter of submittal. xiii 
Preface . xv 
Introduction: By C. V. Riley. 
Introductory remarks. 1 
Creation and organization of the Commission, 1—Division of labor, 
1—Circulars sent out, 2-6—Area over which eggs were laid in 
1876, 6—Outlook iu spring in more southern States, 7—Letter to 
Governor Anthony, of Kansas, on the condition of things in May, 
8-10—State of things in Minnesota in spring, 11—Outlook in Ne¬ 
braska in June, 13—Second meeting of the Commission, 14— 
Outlook in Iowa in June, 15—Visit to Colorado, Utah, and Mon- 
• tana in June, 17—Visit to Colorado in July, 17-20—Third meet¬ 
ing of the Commission, 21— 1 Trip td the Pacific coast, 21—Trip to 
British America, 22—List of chapters, 23—Character and synop¬ 
sis of chapters, 24-29—Prospects for 1877, 29. 
Chapter I: By C. Thomas. 
Classification and nomenclature; characters of the species. 13 
Families of the Orthoptera, 32—Locust vs. grasshopper, 33—Ge¬ 
neric nomenclature, 37—Generic diagnosis, 40—Species of the 
genus Caloptenus, 42—Full definition of Caloptenus spretus and 
of its nearest congeners, 43-52. 
Chapter II: By C. Thomas. 
Chronological history of locust injuries.. 53 
Compared with locust ravages in the Eastern Hemisphere, 53—In¬ 
jury in the Northwest early in the present century, 54—Brief 
reviews from 1820 to 1877, 54-56—Locust history in Texas, 57-62; 
in Indian Territory, 63; in Arkansas, 64; in Missouri, 64-68; in 
Kansas, 68-74; in Nebraska, 74-77; in Iowa, 77-80; in Minne¬ 
sota, 80-87 ; in Dakota, 88-92; in Montana, 92-96 ; in Idaho. 96; 
in Wyoming, 97; in Colorado, 99-102 ; in Utah, 102-104 ; in New 
Mexico and Arizona, 105 ; in Nevada, 105 ; in Oregon and Wash¬ 
ington Territory, 106; in British North America, 108-112—Tabu¬ 
lar view of locust years, 113. 
Chapter III: By C. Thomas. 
Statistics of losses. 114 
Difficulty of obtaining reliable data, 114—Estimates in Kansas, 
115; in Minnesota, 116; in Missouri, 117—Loss in Kansas, Ne¬ 
braska, Iowa, and Missouri in 1874, 118—Loss to different crops, 
120—Loss to Missouri in 1875, 121—Total loss during the years 
1874-’77, $200,000,000, 122. 
Chapter IV : By C. Thomas. 
Agricultural bearing of the locust problem. 123 
Drawback to the settling of the West, 124—What is likely to be 
the effect in the future, 125—Modification and settlement of the 
Western plaius, 129—Crops which suffer most, and those which 
suffer least, 130—Small grains not affected by invading swarms, 
128—Need of judgment in planting, 129. 
