, 1874-08-15

btates. In which they camc +. swnrma, and did
N immense amount Of damage.
Tho late D. D. Walsh, forn.erly State Ento-
tmaol99g'Et, names Tho red-leEgea grnHahoppcrs Of
tho Nocly-Aiollntain district
THE HATEFUL. onAssuoprEn.
Tho dffferonce between ti,o two red,1cggcd
at!ng them to tako long f!,yhts. And i,nu,o ia
vet another difference, anl ollo tint ho tiints
will forever proyont them from crossing tho
Mlsalasippi, md that s, In regald to thcir ro-
their ogEy. tho coming brood 1.-Two on lilo local
horbago. and, as gunn aH their wings aro grown,
leaye the locality ap9 disappear, Eoing no oua
t;, Of hoppers wore bnrron and 1aa no oegsB. For
no7or inynde ths s''N stato,-tbo % us' digit, ieh
at 1nost, boing 55o miles to contral
part Of Texaa. Whilo tic Colorado potato:
bug travelled by easy atagoH, Reproducing, itaolf
on tue way, tho hoprcr III question could not
thus roprodncn itsoif In Tho Ban,o mannor. ...
and in alI TINT timo his forays havo boon limited
to nearly tho nan,e diHtriet and ut intervals,-
always coming from tho wost or northwest, aud
Qying to tho southeast, arriving IN the mouths Of
In 1857 they arrived Mt DeSoto In Nebraska,
Aug. 20 ut Gontlal sud Nichlnua, Eob., Aug. 81 !:
at A1gonia, a.. Sept. 2G; ut Fort Dodge, IT,,
Kau., Sont, 90: Holton KIM, Sort. 40: Notn.
way City. Mo-, III November, too ato for injury,
hut nid their eggs. The following Benaon lilo
oggs hatchcd In largo numbers, al,l, az soon az
tho wings Of the insocta wero grown, they loft
for purtB unknown.
THE unAssuorpEn VISITS
hayo been aa rollowy: Wesiorn 5I;ssouri and
Kansas. i82O.-beiuc tho llrst reoorIod visit.
minnesota, 1856; utnh 1867 md 1867; Dlinue-
in VAIL f$FS, IT, -.
Mali anl;n Weat Missouri md Nortf,csat 1'oYaa
1866: NebraRAa, North Ka,,sap. Northwest MiR.
SOUR. Western Iowa Mnuosuta. nn,l tf,o uortI,-
east aud contral coutios Of 1exur. 1yi3. Theao
a,,ncnr IN m tha hnn,,A nf ti,aso ncnta ~Ae''
itI,c cn,n,,,c,, I.ior~nl ,rn ssr,,,nr ia ro,n7
from Mains to hIii,noEctu. aid at ti,res Inns f]ono
m immonao nmount Of in,nage. nnfi nro nresent
eyory Aoaaon bnt M tov c1,, o,,lv n1aho e p''ort
flights. thoy 1m,at In digtine,1jnund frn,n tI,oac
of thn Rnc1,v Monntai,.a tLat j.nvo n iIivl,t ~
no.r|y COO mles in casD Of a fayorahtn wtnI,
Thoy 70 In ,u,mensa n,,mbcra drnnn,"~ ,1nwn
aione tbo way. md leaving onounl, st mos.
1,oii,ts to cat In tho rro,ynr crons hit li,ov
liz mt snecad nvar thn ent,re cn,,,,tv a"1 lay
aud there farm escnpoa the m. Inst voar, ~
August. saw. in NohrnBla. t,eltlg eaten in t,,a
GROUND. while tic ncighLoriug Hofes Ind whoiiy
or nurtiallv aecn,,oil, 'e' A''A "A''''
Il wnnlJ nrMGor flint +bo finn of IL, v;ro +h.
following year, IL about Que month in ntlvianco
OF tl,uir arriyal in tho ycnr preceding. Va thns
sec lint theae ,nidH Of lila iiatof,Ii hrossGonmer
act tLe % samo ioea5ity tvo ncnsnnu t1n s,u
~nn in wt,ir' liz f.rron iusort rs;,,o 5v'1 a5
ant mnst v0rarinrslv nt,1 inv ti,e;r anau. M
tIo following seasn1 whnn tho eSsp, Ss,a @rc nrc
1,atc]nd and Tho insrcct IL fu1lv t,5Eros1 for
1liEht, AID III Which thoy aiso do q ynat an,onnt
Of uauago. They cannot be prevented from
coming, Tor como they Will and Tint without no.
tico; and tho only thing that can DO done is to
destroy thou. after they hayo como, in ortlcr to
prevent tho LAYING of thpir Gigs: or faiiiu. in
tlliA, to doatroy lhoir oggs, or tle Young brood.
Geroro tbey Hre CnDub1c Of doing uIucI, tluynauo
Tie eggn aro hid in tho ground late iu iho
Rensou, mud it is not rrobablo tuat eny amount
siblo that dcop plowing would bury them 10
deep that thoy would not hatch, antl in this way
tllpir numbers could be checked but not in q
very thorough mailnor, az tho plow-lanl III a
On the whole, tho prospect of making q sue.
eossful hcad agaiuat thonl in
- NOT OF, THE MOST rIArErntva nrgn,
Farmers who escaped tho pests rllo first year
may hayo them tho following QUO, Is tbo new
brood nro constantly on tho nuvo in a gouth-
easteriy direction, moving 3 TO 10 nlilcH day,
clearing up u1l groon tinEs as they go,-not at
QUO foil swoop, but bcfure the whole Of the
granlarnly hayo passed or roaay to ta!so wing.
It appears tilut tho birds lavo u good timo
among thoHo Alpine gtaAHhoppors. ns they do
with the rod-lcGged Itiua that commonly inieat
our 1neatowB aud other fnyni-crops.
In 1861 the common rotl-leggrd Erasatopper
did no small amount OF damaso in this State,
and " this writing the young hoppern arc
abundant aud will no doubt do no incousidora-
bio damage to tho fall wheat TINT will DO aown
during thia month mud tho beginning Of Sep
tember.
In eyory instance tint lilo Amino crossuoppor
has been reared outside Of It's nntive home, It
has not remained, but left for parts unluown,
and tic returns have boon from nov colonies
IRON, tho mountaiu-tlistricty. Unless tero
should bo gonlo yory radical change in its habits.
we Of Illinois NAV be assured tlut
1T WILL NOT urAcn oun BOIL,
and that il viii Le confined. ns bntorn tn corta;n
limits. TINT are bou,tiod b- iis annual +lirht n,i
,xl,;eh fs larraly dcnon,lo;,t On tho cnnrso n,d %
forco Of tlo wind, It can reach Westnr,, Tuwn
nnlv un1nr lila most favnranla cnndi snns nm,
its rais nav thus be- couniuored il Ii at aoction
few and far Eotwceu.
In nr]or ~ fist:nnu;ar ho+,roor +,. roo;i7o,t
and migratory triies nf theso rea.tot,oei rroxu.
hoppers, hpcclncnB should bo He,1t to the aeycrHl
6tala Ertotnnlogists thst tie turner NAY know
which III which.
We must male distinction for while, to tho
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