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of the place formerly known as " Clermont," the residence of Chan- 

 cellor Livingston, examples, in both sexes, of Cicada septendecim, and 

 that at the time of writing (noon) the hum of the insects was quite 

 loud. He had also taken the puparia from the trunks of trees. 



That I might personally verify the occurrence of the insect, procure 

 some specimens, and note its abundance, I visited Tivoli on June 11th. 

 A search within the woods near the station gave no indication of its 

 presence, either to the eye or ear. Driving to Clermont, three miles 

 distant, I was equally unsuccessful in finding the insect. Mr. Clark- 

 son, to my regret, had returned to New York, and taken his captures 

 with him. The heavy rain that was falling prevented any extended 

 search through the grounds and adjoining woods, and had silenced 

 the cicada's song. Mr. Clermont Livingston, the present owner and 

 occupant of the manor, kindly gave me all the information in his 

 ■ power in relation to the visitation. He had heard the song during 

 the morning before my arrival, as also on several preceding days, 

 during the warmer and brighter hours — the louder when the sun 

 was shining brightly at mid-day, when there was a continual hum. He 

 recognized it as the same in character with that which had attended 

 the appearance in 1860 and 1877 of the " Hudson river brood." Not, 

 however, expecting the recurrence of the brood until 1894 — when the 

 notes were first heard, some days before Mr. Clarkson's coming, he 

 had ascribed them to tree-toads. 



A few days later Mr. Clarkson again visited the Livingston manor, 

 but was unable to find any more examples. Those that he had 

 taken had become injured and were thrown away, having already 

 many in his cabinet which he had obtained in 1877 at the same locality. 

 Under date of June 17th he wrote : 



I did not succeed in obtaining either the imago, larva, or puparium, 

 and am therefore led to believe that the insects are not numerous; but 

 that a few are in this neighborhood is conclusive from the fact that 

 their music was heard on every clear warm day during my visit, 

 which — with the interruption of a few days — extended from the 3d 

 to the 16th inst. The capture of a male and female made by me on 

 the piazza of the residence referred to, on the 4th inst., the day after 

 my arrival, and which I greatly regret I did not keep, fully believing 

 at that time that I could supply any number if desired, I have no 

 hesitation in saying are identical with those taken by me on the upper 

 portion of the same manor at "Oak Hill" in 1877, and which, in their 

 various stages of development are represented in my cabinet ; their 

 marked characteristic being orange-red eyes, legs, and nerves of wings. 

 The sound produced by the insects this year is well described by the 



