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try at the same time or the same year. have the
locations Of sixteen distinct districts in which they |
Of territory intervening Tho following table will
give an idea OF the distrlctsi
In Louisiana they appear IN 1896 1853
At Gallipos, Ohio 1893 1855
On the Muskngum river, Ohio 1929 1876
In Pennsylvania. west of the mountains 1892 lsi9
In eastern Georgia and North Carolina 1884 1851
In Prince Georges county, Virginia 1929 l645
In southeast New York, western Con.
necticut and Massachusetts 1896 lS43
In Middlesex county, New Jersey 1926 l6f3
In Fanque1 county, Virginia, andas far ,o,, ,oo
south rs Milton, N. G.. 1926 l943
In northern Maryland, southern Penn.
Delaware, and northern Virginia 1884 1851
In Mississippi, N r.. Port Gibson 1894 1851
In the ,outh part Of Massachusetts 1893 1865
In Kentucky and adjacent parts of Ohio 1893 1855
In the middle counties of Georgia 1912 1859
In North Carolina, central counties and 49,
south part of Virginia 1912 1859
In Illinois, nbou, Alton 1912 1859
II may be that the two districts, Muskingum river,
Uhlo and Kentucky, &C., may be one and the same,
although the Musknglm river is long distance
above Kentucky: So alsomay the Mddlesex county
IN. ~ District be part of the southeastern Of New
York, western Massachusetts and western Connec-
;icu districts. All the others are perfectly dscon-
rnected; and the only point on which we are at any
lossfs the boundar Of the districts we don't know
whether those above indicated cover the whole extent
of our country or whether there are others not yet
recorded If editors Of newspapers and post masters
would take upon themselves the small trouble of in
forming Of the fact whenever the locust occurs,
should be able to make the table complete. II is
not uncommon in some parts Of our country for this
insects to appear at periods differing more or less
from II years.
We account for this in this way: Loudoun county,
Va, is The borders of two districts that of Mary
land &C., $3.50 and that of Fauqiicr county, p43)
and these districts lap over each other in I.oudoun
county, and probably for long extent Of territory
Hence on this border.belt the insect appears every
ninth year alternately This circumstance has led
the people of that section of country to disbeeve in
the nth year character OF this insect asserting that
is concerned. Other sections present other deva.
tons from the same cause. For example, in the
south part of Henrico county, Va. they have the To-
Gusts this year, and they will have them again in
above;
These insects make their way out of the ground as
as the weather becomes warm in the spring
say from the 18th of April in the South to the 18th of
May in the North making round hole, like three
fourth inch nuger hole, in the ground. In grove or
shrubbery, that was occupied by trees or shrubs
seventeen years before there will be several of these
holes in square foot The insect when it leaves the
shrub Immediately attaches himself to il few feet
from the ground, until he becomes dry, when he rup-
lures his shell on his back works himself out of it,
gradually expands his delicate wings to the sun and
air. and in the course of an hour or two is ready for
f1inhr. They are nearly month before they leave
the ground after they have reached near the surface
n chamber
holes. anparentv for the purpos, of ayalint them.
selves nj The warmth of The sun as thew descend IN
the bottom at night and in cold weather and ascend
to the ton in day time in warm dry weather The ton
Of the chamber or hole and its sides are nicely CO.
mented for the purpose Of excluding water
soon after The insect has taken Hoht. "A nbove
mentioned the union of the sexes take pace. and in
few do GENERALLY only one or tworthc fen,ales
begin to depes ,he eggs in the small brarces Of
trees and shrubs Thev qeneraIlv choose hr,nche.
about the size of their own bodies II will be limos
sibe to describe the mode of deposi,;ne the eggs
without the aid of DRAWINGS The female has an
instrument called an oriposifer. (eae dcnos,erS bv
means of which she makes an eScayotion in The
branch to the depth of about half wav between ,hs
bark and pith in each excava ton she de8sits two
epos then withdraw the ovjnositer makes ono,ber
excavation, deposites two more. and thus proceeds
tl all are deposited IF abe has not room enouoh IN
one side she GOES round 10 the other and when she
does so The branch is ant 10 perish from the interrup
ton OF the sap hence we see SO many dead branch.
es on the trees and shrubery in the summer of "lo.
Gust YEAR" In from three 10 five DAYS inter deposi
TING the eggs the female dies The male dies dav or
two sooner They always select living wood in which
they depos,e the eggs They are not particular as
10 The kind of tree or shrub excent thew generslIv
avoid ali Terebinthenate trees such a, nincs etc
In six 10 seven weeks after the eggs nrc denosited
as above THEY HATCH, the little Insects creepno on:
of the excavations fall 10 the ground and Immediately
enter the earth in search, food attaching themselves
to the tender radicals of grass or other Vegetable
erowhs the feeding the exudation from their
faces. They have no other mode Of feeding They
have trunk or pRoposcIs with three capillaries or
lars which they extend over the surface Of the roots
and merely take up the exudanon above mentioned !;
and this is their ony food nj any period Of their lives
Even the full grown insect takes its food in the same
way. The young insect is so small it can scarcely be
seen by tho naked eye After having descended into
the ground they remain there until their advent,
| enteen yesrs afterwards. The locust is ereedily
sought after by all sorts of fowls and birds and hogs
from the time they first leave the ground and the
young insect is pursued with equal avidy by rats and