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On June 25, a few locusts and their emergence holes were observed 

 in the district about Padelsford and Martensia, but not in excessive 

 numbers. 



On June 21, the senior writer spent the day in the vicinity of Man- 

 chester and Shortsville, but was unable to find any traces of the insect. 

 No report of any outbreaks had been heard of in either village, so far 

 as could be ascertained. Lowe reported the insects as having oc- 

 curred at Manchester in 1899. 



Specimens were also received from correspondents in East Onondaga, 

 Onondaga County. 



Several individuals of this species were taken at Lake Ridge, Tomp- 

 kins County, on June 16, 1916. Mr. Benjamin, who collected the 

 insects, informs us that they were abundant over a district about ten 

 miles in length and several miles in width of which Lake Ridge seemed 

 to be the center. 



It may be noted that in no case were any of the so-called ''cicada 

 turrets" observed, among the thousands of exit holes seen by the 

 writer. 



The writers are indebted to Professor P. J. Parrott for the follow- 

 ing additional records of the occurrence of the insect : 

 Livingston County — Groveland. 

 Ontario County — Billsboro and Ionia. 

 Onondaga County — Onondaga Valley. 

 Yates County — Dresden and Earls. 

 Monroe County — West Webster. 



Vice-President G. A. Dean: Is there any discussion? 



Mr. p. J. Parrott: I am very much interested in this paper 

 presented by Mr. Hadley. While we did not devote much time to the 

 study of the insect, our attention was called in several instances to 

 large numbers of Cicadas in apple orchards. The occurrence of the 

 species in old apple orchards is certaii^ly deserving of mention. At the 

 time Mr. Hadley was watching the insects in orchards about Holcomb, 

 we evidently were similarly occupied in orchards to the north of this 

 locality in the region of Victor. Here there are many old orchards 

 and the opinion generally prevailed that this was the third visitation 

 by the insects. We made several trips to this locality to note the 

 times of appearance of the different stages and the work of the adults 

 on apple wood. In some old apple orchards the insects were present 

 by tens of thousands, and in one orchard neighboring farmers were 

 summoned to destroy the nymphs as they ascended the trees. We 

 noted oviposition on peach and apple. On account of the large num- 

 bers of Cicadas that made their appearance on fruit trees we were able 



