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This seems to be a weak colony, since we have been unable to obtain 

 any information respecting the earlier appearance of the insect in 

 that section. 



The occurrence of belated individuals is amply substantiated by 

 records kindly placed at our disposal by Mr. W. T. Davis, New 

 Brighton, S. L, who found periodical cicadas on Staten Island in 1895 

 and again in 1912. They were likewise found the past season by 

 Mr. Davis at West Point. In all cases they were undoubtedly belated 

 individuals from the brood which appeared in such large numbers in 

 1894 and 191 1. Mr. Davis has also collected specimens of this brood 

 in 1893 and 1910, one year in advance of the normal time for emerg- 

 ence. Mr. Henry D. Lewis, of Annandale, informs us that no be- 

 lated individuals were observed by him in 1912, though he had seen 

 them following earlier appearances of this insect. — E. P. Felt. 



Nature's Surgery. — A specimen of Chlccnius Iciicoscelis Say was 

 received through the kindness of Dr. R. M. Moore, of Rochester, who 

 considered it might be of interest to the teratologist. An examination 

 discloses an interesting condition. One side of the thorax was cracked 

 almost to the median line and an apparently supernumerary piece on 

 looked very much as though a bird might have 

 pecked at the beetle, partly fractured the thorax and 

 one margin had been reversed so that the normal 

 impressed outer margin was next the median line, 

 the ragged, broken fracture being external. It 

 held to a small piece until the insect, in its struggles to escape, might 

 have reversed its position with a resulting dislocation of the frag- 

 ment of the sclerite. The contraction of the muscles apparently held 

 the piece in this abnormal position until healing of the wounded tis- 

 sues fastened it securely in place.— E. P. Felt. 



Iphiclides ajax Linnseus on Long Island and Catopsilia philea 

 Linnaeus in New York City. — On the morning of June 25, 1912, a 

 specimen of Iphiclides .ajax was seen flying northward following the 

 shore at Brighton Beach, L. I. Collectors of long experience report 

 this species as not uncommon formerly in the vicinity of Brooklyn, 

 but of late years it has been scarce, the one noted being the first 

 record observed by the writer on Long Island, where, in the absence 



