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ley. . . .this is one of the largest of the 13-year broods, divid- 

 ing this honor with Brood XIX" of 1907 and 1920. 



On account of the overlapping of broods of the 17-year and 

 13-year races in different parts of the country, some uncer- 

 tainty exists as to whether certain records of previous years 

 are properly credited to the two broods due this year. Mr. 

 Marlatt therefore calls especially for observers in North and 

 South Carolina, in northern Missouri, southern Illinois and 

 Indiana to note particularly the occurrence or non-occurrence 

 of this insect this year. Records and specimens should be 

 forwarded to the Bureau at Washington or to competent local 

 entomologists and then published. 



As to the protection of nurseries and young orchards from 

 the cicadas, the most reliable means "is by collecting the in- 

 sects in bags or umbrellas from the trees in early morning or 

 late evening, when they are somewhat torpid. Such collec- 

 tions should be undertaken at the first appearance of the cicada 

 and repeated each day." It would seem possible to use poul- 

 try to a large extent to destroy the insects on their emergence 

 from the soil. 



Note. — "1908" in line 13, page 4, of this Circular is an evident error 

 for "1898." 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Messrs. R. E. Snodgrass (whose excellent monograph on the 

 Anatomy of the Honey Bee appeared in Technical Series No. 18, of 

 the Bureau of Entomology', U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, of last May) 

 and B. N. Gates have resigned their positions with the Bureau. 



LiSTRONOTUS BAGOiFORMis Champ, in Utah. — .Amongst some Curculion- 

 ide sent me some ago by Mr. H. F. Wickham I have found a specimen 

 of this species from Provo. Utah. It was described and figured by me 

 in the "Biologia" (Col. iv, 4, p. 120, pi. 8, fig. i), in December, 1902. 

 and has perhaps not yet been recorded from north of the Mexican 

 frontier. The types were found near the City of Mexico. The insect 

 is closely related to L. latiusculus, Boh. — G. C. Champion, Horsell. 

 Woking, England. January, 1911. 



