64 THE PERIODICAL CICADA, 
A very definite record which may coincide with this brood is 
furnished by Mr. Theodore Pergande, of this Bureau, who states that 
Mr. Rosseau, of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., informed 
him that the Cicada was very numerous in that place in 1875. His 
informant was positive as to the year from its being the one in which 
he made a trip to Europe. 
Another record is given by Mr. John D. Macpherson, Manassas, 
Prince William County, Va., in letter of July 3, 1895. He writes: 
I came here on the 23d of June, leaving the Cicada-in full song in Washington 
(Brood X). Finding none here I made inquiry and was informed that they appeared 
in full force in this county (Prince William) in the year 1875. This information I 
regard as reliable, the date being fixed as the year following the marriage and arrival 
of my informant in this county. : 
Mr. J. R. Honley, of Spanish Oaks, in a report received in 1898, 
states that the ‘locusts’ appeared in Appomattox County in 1892, and 
Mr. A. M. Connell, in a postal of May 29, 1902, reports their appear- 
ance in the southwestern part of Washington County in 1841, 1858, 
1875, and 1892. These Virginia swarms are evidently precursors 
of Brood I, with which they are therefore closely allied. 
A western extension of this brood seems to be indicated in the 
record furnished by H. J. Giddings, Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa. 
He writes, ‘‘during last June (1892) the periodical Cicada was quite 
common here. * * * I thought it was unusual to find them in 
such numbers four years after their regular appearance. The last 
regular year was 1883.” (See Insect Life, Vol. V, p. 200.) 
If belonging to the 17-year race, the two records following should 
also be assigned to this brood. Mr. A. J. Julian, Woolleys Ford, 
Hall County, Ga., reports under date of June 14, 1898, that the 
Cicada was present there in 1892. Mr. J. W. Seaton, Strasburg, 
Cass County, Mo., writes under date of June 9 that the Cicada last. 
appeared in that county in the summer of 1892 and in the summer 
of 1896, being numerous both years. The 1896 record refers to the 
17-year Brood IV, and hence the record of 1892 is probably also of 
the 17-year race occurring in the same district. 
The scattering specimens recorded by Mr. Davis as occurring on 
Staten Island in 1892 may also be assigned to this brood. 
The distribution, by States and counties, is therefore as follows: 
Grorcr1a.—Hall. 
Iowa.—Jackson. 
MissouriI.—Cass. 
New Yorx.—Richmond. 
Vireinta.—Albemarle, Appomattox, Prince William, Washington. 
