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Lintner: 7th Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1S91, pp. 296-301, fig. 24 (notice of ap- 

 pearance in 1890); 9th do., 1893, pp. 385, 440 (reference); Tiie 

 Periodical Cicada, or the Seventeen-year Locust : Issued as a 

 circular of four pages, June 19, 1894 (reprinted in the follow- 

 ing); loth Rept. Jns. N. Y., 1895, p]). 420-425, figs. 14, 15 

 (brief account of brood XII in 1S94), pp. 518, 519 (con- 

 tributions to St. Coll.). 



Motte: in Insect Life, iv, 189 r, p. 141 (broods in Ohio). 



Coquillett: in Bull. 27 Divis. Entomol., U. S. De|)t. Agricul, 1892, 

 p. 44 (reference). 



OsBORN : in Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., Vol. i, Part ii, 1S92, separate, p. 13 

 (listed); in id., iii, 1896, pp. 195-201, Pi. XV (disiributiun of 

 broods V and XIII in Iowa). 



Chameliss: Bull, i, Vol. vi, Uni\-. Tenn., Agricul. Expt. Slat., 1893, 

 p. 6 (injurmg roots of aj.'plc-trets). 



RiLEY-HowAKD : inltisect Lite, v, 1893, p. 200 (irregular appearance 

 of Cicada), pp. 298-300 (distribution of broods XVI — tre- 

 derim, and XI — septendecim) ; in do., vi. 1894, p. 210 (refer- 

 ence to Bulletin), p. 347 (reference), p. 378 (eggs sup])osed to 

 be poisonous); in t!o . vii, 1894, pp. 276-277, 1895, pp. 424- 

 425 (Cicada chimneys). 



Webster: i3ull. 45 Oliio Agncul. Expt. Stat., 1893, p. 210 (injuring 

 blackberries and raspberries, dates of a[)pearance of broods) ; 

 Bull. 87 id., 1897, PP- 37-^^} ^^- I> ^'"'"^^ figs, i-ii (general 

 account of, in Ohio). 



Wheeler: in Psyche, vi, 1893, p. 510 (Malpighian vessels in embryo). 



Davis, W.T.: in Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. St. Isl., iv, 1894, pp. 13-15 

 (appearance on St. Isl.); in Journ. N. Y. Entomolog. Soc, ii, 

 1894, pp. 38-39 (appearance of different broods), p. 96 (pupae 

 found) ; in id., iii, 1895, p. 143 (song and distribution). 



Garm.^n: in 6th Ann. Rept. ivy. Agricul. Expt. Stat, for 1893, 1894, 

 p. 95 (mention). 



Krom : in Scientif. Amer., Ixxi, 1894, p. 295 (reason for Cicada 

 chambers). 



Lander: in Scientif Amer., Ixxi, i89;,pp. 233-234, fig, p 327 (Cicada 

 chambers; in Journ. N. Y. Entomolog. Soc, iii, 1895, pp. 

 33-3'^' PI- ^^ (Cicada chambers). 



CoMSTOCKS : Manual Study Insects, 1895, p]). 150-151 (brief notice). 



Love: in Journ. N. Y. Microscop. Soc, xi, 1895, pp. 37-45, PI. 49 

 (habiis, stridulalion and chambers). 



ScHWARz: Circular 22 2nd Sen, Divi-. Entomol., U. S. Dept. Agricul., 

 1897, pp. T-4 (distribution of broods expected in 1897). 



Slingerl.^\nd : in Rural New Yorker, Ivi, 1897, p. 437 (btoods in Ohio, 

 injuries). 



The appearance of the periodical Cicada in an\- k'cality is of great 

 popular interest on account of the number of years the insect spends in 

 the larva or immature form under ground. The loud noise made by the 

 adults and their occurrence usually in large numbers, brings them to the 

 attention of even the most casual ob.5erver. The appearance of the in- 

 sect is followed by a flood of local literature on its advent, and the many 

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