  The Krasnosel'skii type degree formula for the equation $\dot u = - Au +
F(u)$ where $A:D(A)\to E$ is a linear operator on a separable Banach space $E$
such that $-A$ is a generator of a $C_0$ semigroup of bounsed linear operators
of $E$ and $F:E\to E$ is a locally Lipschitz $k$-set contraction, is provided.
Precisely, it is shown that if $V$ is an open bounded subset of $E$ such that
$0\not\in (-A+F)(\partial V \cap D(A))$, then the topological degree of $-A+F$
with respect to $V$ is equal to the fixed point index of the operator of
translation along trajectories for sufficiently small positive time. The
obtained degree formula is crucial for the method of translation along
trajctories. It is applied to the nonautonomous periodic problem and an average
principle is derived. As an application a first order system of partial
differential equations is considered.
