- 208 EXPEKIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Massaelinsctts towns along the southwestern boundary failed to 

 bring out any appearance in this State. This was probably 

 because only scattered members crossed into Massachusetts, and 

 these, if recognized as cicadas, were probably confused with the 

 annual species. That part of the State is also quite moun- 

 tainous, and the cicadas would tend to go around rather than 

 over the mountains, for as a rule they prefer the lowlands. In 

 New York they are scattered down both banks of the Hudson 

 below Troy, and in Connecticut, cast as far as the Connecticut 

 Eiver. Professor Potter records their first occurrence in New 

 Haven, (^nn., in 1724, and since then they have occurred regu- 

 larly every seventeen years. According to Lintner : — 



At its last appearance, in lcS94, it was disti'ibnted throughout the 

 Hudson valley below Troy, and especially at Hillsdale, near our State 

 line, where millions Avere foiind. In Connecticut it was reported from 

 the vicinity of New Haven, at Easthaven, near Lake Saltonstall, at 

 Southins^ton, New Britain, Farming-ton and Winsted, thus extending its 

 range north nearly across the State of Massachusetts line. It doubt- 

 less occurred north of this locality, but no account of its appearance 

 was received. 



Bibliography. 



I. Moreton, Nathaniel : " New England's Memorial," Cambridge, 

 1669, pp. 90, 91, and Appendix by Judge Davis. 



Refers to a '' kind of a pestilent Fever " in the season of 

 1633 ascribed by the Indians to the " flies " which ap- 

 peared that year and which are briefly described. 



Quoted in Harris and " New England Farmer," May 28, 

 1834, Vol. 12, No. 46, p. 374. 

 II. Barton's " Medical and Physical Journal " of 1804 : " Locust 

 of North America," in Vol. I., 52-59. 



Transcript from Moreton's " Memorial." 



III. Prince: "Annals of New England," Part II., section 2, p. 92. 



Governor Bradford, Rev. Wm. Hubbard and Mr. Prince's 

 accounts of appearance in 1633. 



IV. Potter, Nathaniel : Notes on the " Locusta septentrionalcs 



Americanae decira septima " (Baltimore, J. Robinson, 



1839, 27 pp., 1 pi.). 

 History, habits, description and figures of Cicada sep. 

 V. Harris, Thaddeus W. : " Insects Injurious to Vegetables," 



1863, pp. 203-220 ;. 1852, pp. 180-189; 1860, i>p. 206-217. 

 General account of the species ; based on Potter's " Notes," 



good for Massachusetts distribution, etc. 



