IiZ NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
The occurrence of belated individuals is amply substantiated by 
records kindly placed at our disposal by Mr W T Davis of New 
Brighton, who found periodical Cicadas on Staten island in 1895 
and again in 1912. They were likewise found the past season 
by Mr Davis at West Point. In all cases they were undoubtedly 
belated individuals from the brood which appeared in such large 
numbers in 1894 and 1g1t. Mr Davis has also collected specimens 
of this brood in 1893 and 1910, one year in advance of the normal 
time for emergence. Mr Henry D. Lewis of Annandale informs 
us that no belated individuals were observed by him in 1912, though 
he had seen them following earlier appearances of this insect. 
Juniper bug (Pentatoma juniperina Linn) eats 
large, green, reddish or pinkish margined stinkbug 1s comparatively 
rare in New York State. It was found in unusual numbers on small 
pines at North Chatham May 11, 1912, eight to ten occurring on 
individual trees only three to four feet high. The insects did not 
seem to be feeding. They had evidently recently emerged from 
hibernation and were associated with specimens of Brochymena and 
Kuschistus. 
Mite migration. An interesting specimen of Helobia 
punctipennis Meign., a small fly only about three-sixteenths 
of an inch long, was taken at Albany June 25, 1911. The abdomen 
of this specimen bore six relatively large mites, several of them 
ranged one behind the other in a regular series. This mite was 
submitted to Doctor Howard for determination and identified by 
Mr Banks as a Gamasid belonging to the genus Seius and probably 
undescribed. Mr Banks points out that these mites were probably 
upon the fly for migratorial purposes and were not parasitic, despite 
the fact that mites are frequently observed upon insects and com- 
monly supposed to be parasitic. 
