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under the same date, stated that a party of Wading River people, 
who drove from that place through Coram to Patchogue, reported 
that great numbers of this insect were crushed in the wheel ruts. 
The underbrush and low trees were literally covered with cicadas 
to such an extent that “it was like grasshopper days out in the 
prairies; the buzzing was deafening, one actually could not walk 
along the ground without stepping on them.” The Port Jefferson 
Echo recorded the appearance of cicadas in the vicinity of that 
village. These insects were reported by the same paper as being 
very abundant at Saint James, and Mr George T. Lyman informed 
me that they were present at Farmingville in the middle of the 
island. Mr G. W. Raynor of Manorville, in the center of the 
island, stated that these insects were abundant in that vicinity. The 
New York Tribune of June 5 stated that cicadas were very 
abundant about Eastport, and that millions of them were filling the 
woods north of the village with their song. “The pests are said to 
be more numerous than at any time since 1864, and in some places 
they darken the air, hiding the sun. Persons driving along the 
woodland roads have their horses and carriages covered with clouds 
of the insects. In some localities they are so thick that men have 
had to stop work.” The Brooklyn Times of June 6 stated that large 
numbers of the 17 year locust were seen in the woods north of 
East Moriches. The insect was also reported in large numbers 
from Center Moriches by Mr H. D. Smith. The Brooklyn Times 
of June 21 reports having received specimens of this brood from 
F. E. Nichols of Brentwood. There is a considerable area in the 
vicinity of Oyster Bay infested by this brood. The Enterprise of 
June 16 of East Moriches stated that these insects were drumming 
incessantly in East Pine Hollow woods and added that 34 years 
ago they appeared in the woods on the farm of Mr D. V. Horton 
and 17 years ago there were less of them than formerly. Through 
the enthusiastic cooperation of Mr F. E. Lutz, connected with the 
Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, we are 
enabled to present some detailed notes respecting the occurrence 
of this insect in that vicinity. There is a colony near Cold 
Spring Harbor at Laurelton, which does not extend west 
quite to Brookville. Another colony has its center near. Fast 
Moriches, stragglers from this joining with the Laurelton 
infestation. About a mile south of Commack Mr Lutz found a 
pupal skin, and a few feet away, the battered remains of an adult. 
Careful searching failed to reveal others and none were heard. 
