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south, a colony nearly three miles long'. The insect was re- 

 ported from Athens by Mr J. Q. Flint as follows: On land be- 

 longing to Mr Egbert Hallenbeck at Morrison Hill south of 

 Athens; on land of Mr Edward A. Guthrie on the Sporenburgh 

 road ; on that of Miss Anna Brandow on the Catskill road. The 

 insects were exceedingly abundant at Morrison Hill and were 

 doubtless generally prevalent in that section. They were re- 

 ported as being present at Cairo by Miss Ida M. Bonesteel. 

 Cicadas were said to occur at Leeds. Mr C. H. VanOrden 

 reported the appearance of the insects between West Coxsackie 

 and New Baltimore Station on the 25th, they being in full cry 

 on the 27th. There was a large colony about a quarter of a mile 

 south of New Baltimore Station on the West Shore Railroad. 

 The noise was loud enough so that the insects could easily be 

 heard a quarter of a mile. An orchard about midway between 

 Ravena and New Baltimore Station was very badly infested by 

 this insect and it was reported as being present a half mile or 

 so east of New Baltimore Station. Cicada work was seen from 

 the West Shore Railroad from about one-half of a mile to a mile 

 and a half south of the West Athens station. The insects were re- 

 ported as very abundant at West Coxsackie. 



Montgomery county. A large colony was recorded by Mr 

 Frank Jansen on the sand flats about three miles west or north- 

 west of Fonda, the insects occurring there by the millions and 

 making the woods ring with their noise about half a mile from 

 his house. Mr Jansen states that he knows they were in that 

 locality in 1894 and adds that his wife heard them on the occa- 

 sion of their previous advent, namely, 1877. The local papers 

 refer to this colony as being in Mr N are's woods and state that 

 the birds were devouring many of the insects. This appears to 

 be a hitherto unrecorded locality for the periodical Cicada. 



Nassau county. Miss Grace K. Wandless reported Cicadas as 

 being abundant at Garden City. 



Nczu York county. Mr Waldemar Cruger, 85 West 181st street, 

 found insects, presumably in that locality, and reports Cicadas 

 as rather scarce in the Bronx. He observed fifteen to twenty 

 on a tree at Fort Schuyler. 



Orange county appears to be one of the strongholds of the 

 Cicada, since its work was seen here and there in the woods 

 along the river, while reports from various localities in this 

 county agree in considering the insect extremely abundant. 

 Many of the tips of the branches in 'the woods in the vicinity 



