REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9II J^ 



ing: S. S. Simmons, West Tagiikanic; H. D. Lewis, Annan- 

 dale; E. P. Wheeler, New Hamburg; J. H. Mills, Rhinecliff 

 (roadside honeycombed); Eugene Smith, Middletown ; R. G. 

 Doxey, Mountainville; C. B. Coleman, Goshen (twenty-five 

 holes in one square foot) ; Fred M. Askins, Schaghticoke ; A. E. 

 Bell, Milton; C. E. Davis, Saugerties; J. T. Halmes, Wallkill ; 

 N. D. Rand, West Camp (one thousand holes in twenty-five 

 square feet) ; C. W. Hyatt, Peekskill, and Annis E. Thomson, 

 Yonkers. 



Time of appearance. The periodical Cicada is most remark- 

 able because of the regularity with which it deserts its subter- 

 ranean retreats. A careful study of this insect in 1894 led the 

 late Doctor Lintner to decide that the first specimens appeared 

 above ground May 20th, though it subsequently developed that 

 adults emerged that year May 19th on Staten Island. Miss 

 Annis E. Thomson, Loweree Summit, Yonkers, states that the 

 first Cicada pupa appeared above ground last season May 13th, 

 transforming to the adult the next day. The thin, rocky soil 

 of that locality probably explains this somewhat early emer- 

 gence. Mr Davis states that the first Cicada appeared on Staten 

 Island May 22d. Mr George A. Lintner transmitted to this 

 office a living specimen taken at Summit, N. J., May 20th, while 

 Mr Ira Lawton reported the occurrence of perfect insects on 

 that date at Nyack, Mr R. G. Doxey at Mountainville and Mr 

 Samuel H. Cox at Bangall. Mrs Matthew Hart recorded the 

 appearance of Cicadas at Castleton May 22d, while Mr N. D. 

 Rand observed them at West Camp May 23d. They were ob- 

 served at Annandale, Arlington, and Saugerties May 24th by 

 Messrs H. D. Lewis, W. H. Hart and C. E. Davis, respectively, 

 and reported from near New Baltimore Station by C. H. Van 

 Orden May 25th. They were seen May 27th at Athens by 

 Mr O. Q. Flint and the following day at Ravena and Fonda by 

 Messrs Bronk VanSlyke and Frank Jansen, respectively. The 

 first specimens taken in the vicinity of Albany were found May 

 29th at the Rural Cemetery and were evidently among the first 

 to come above ground, though it is possible that a few emerged 

 on the 28th. 



It will be seen by scanning the above dates of appearance that 

 they were progressively later as we ascend the river, with the 

 exception of the appearance at Castleton May 22d. There may 

 have been some local cause for this apparent irregularity. 



Several instances of accelerated or delayed emergence were 



