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The latest date ou which the species was noted in the vicinity of 

 New York was October 9 (Davis; von Krockow). — John A. Gross- 

 beck. 



The Periodical Cicada in the Half Way Hollow Hills, Long Island, 



N. Y. — In this Journal for December, 1910, there is an article on the 

 unexpected appearance of the periodical Cicada in considerable num- 

 bers in the Half Way Hollow Hills, Long Island, N. Y., in June of 

 that year, and it was suggested that the clearing away of the forest 

 in places might have had something to do with their appearance 

 before the general visitation of Brood No. i in June, 191 1. 



In the spring and summer of 191 1 careful search was made for the 

 periodical Cicada in the Half Way Hollow Hills but none was found, 

 not even in the areas that had been wooded for many times seventeen 

 years. In the low land about Wyandanch Mr. Frederick M. Schott 

 heard several singing and Mr. Charles L. Watkins saw two indi- 

 viduals. It was ascertained, however, that the Cicadas had occurred 

 in great numbers in still another locality in 1910, in a place further to 

 the north and nearer to the Dix Hills. 



From the foregoing it appears that the range of Brood No. i 

 (1910), which occurs in southern Pennsylvania, in Maryland, West 

 Virginia, etc., may be extended to include the Long Islan^ locality. — 

 Wm. T. Davis. 



Deltometopus amoenicornis with Ants in Beech Stump. — On June 

 26, while collecting with Mr. E. A. Bischoff, on the brow of the hill 

 west of the Clove Valley, Staten Island, N. Y., the stump of a beech 

 was found which was so far decayed that parts of it could be readily 

 pulverized by hand. This material was sifted and a few specimens of 

 Pselaphidas were captured as anticipated ; but in addition, what had 

 not been expected, six specimens of the Eucnemid named above 

 were also sifted out of the rotten wood. The entire mass was popu- 

 lated by ants which were nmch more numerous than the beetles and 

 the association of the beetles with them was probably accidental for 

 these beetles are often beaten from the branches of the beech trees a 

 little later in the season and three specimens were in fact captured in 

 that way by Mr. Bischoff on the same hill in July. — C. W. Leng. 



