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could hear a few ticks in between the zapes, the song somewhat re- 

 sembling the much shorter performance, the z-zape, of Tibicen prui- 

 nosa var. zvinncmanna of the same locality. It was obvious that this 

 cicada was very much of a tall-tree loving species, and so the next 

 day the colonel loaded a number of shells with small charges of powder 

 and shot, ar^d very skillfully brought down the first representative I 

 had seen of a new species, which it affords me great pleasure to name 

 in his honor. He has known of the insect from his boyhood days, but 

 somehow it has thus far escaped getting a name. 



There were six additional species singing about the house and 

 museum, or in the near-by woods. They were: Tibicen pruinosa var. 

 winnemanna, T. linnet, T. davisi, T. lyricen, T. sayi and T. auletes. 

 In the mornings sayi was the first cicada to sing, and rarely did we 

 hear a zvinnemanna. Tibicen linnei, T. lyricen and T. auletes sang 

 off and on during the day. There was a lull — a time of rest — in the 

 afternoon, after which winiicmainia commenced to sing its z-zape 

 song. About 7 P.M. auletes joined in, as did lyricen, until all three 

 species produced a continuous cicada chorus in the trees about the 

 house. This would continue until after dark. Only once did we hear 

 a linnei near the house; it is found more in the woods among the 

 forest trees where there are moist bottom lands, and davisi is a fre- 

 quenter of the pines. Also about dark the household cats came forth 

 to catch the cicada pupae that crawled slowly to the trunks of the trees, 

 and ascended if they could escape the aforesaid-mentioned cats and 

 several fat toads that lay in wait for them. We also were among their 

 enemies, and on several occasions collecting a number, placed them on 

 the wire screens in the windows of the museum, where they developed. 

 All we collected were zvinnemanna, except one, which proved to be a 

 female lyricen. 



Additional notes on each species will be found on the succeeding 

 pages ; also acknowledgments are there made to various persons who 

 have aided with specimens. Special thanks, however, are due to Dr. 

 Henry Fox, who, while stationed at Tappahannock in 191 5 and 191 6, 

 either personally collected or caused to be collected a great many 

 cicadas which he kindly presented to the writer. The specimens men- 

 tioned on the following pages are in the writer's collection unless 

 otherwise stated. 



