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" Periodical Cicada in 1914," issued by the U. S. Dept. of Agri- 

 culture, May 27, 1914, will show that Brood V was not expected 

 to occur in New York state, but was supposed to be confined to 

 Ohio, Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania. From the foregoing 

 it will be seen that the Long Island broods of seventeen-year 

 cicadas are of much interest and every effort should be made to 

 find out more about them. 



It may be added that seventeen-year cicadas occurred in some 

 numbers on the government reservation at West Point both in 

 June, 1913, and again in June, 1914; also that several were 

 found on Staten Island during those years, but they did not con- 

 stitute a swarm as they did to the northwest of Calverton and at 

 Wading River in 1914. 



The Fungus-growing Ant near Smithtown. 

 In the Journal of the New York Entomological Society for 

 March, 1914, the finding of Atta septentrionalis McCook at 

 Wading River, in June, 1913, was recorded. In 1914 the range 

 of this ant on Long Island was much extended, for on June i, a 

 number of nests were found by the side of the forest-shaded road 

 that runs from the main road west of Hauppauge northwardly 

 and nearly parallel to the Nissequogue River. Additional nests 

 were found near Smithtown. While the ground is sandy along 

 the Nissequogue, and while there are a few post-oaks and red 

 cedars, the heavily forested country does not remind one of the 

 haunts of Atta in New Jersey as far it has been recorded and 

 from personal experience. The same may be said of the situa- 

 tions where it is found at Wading River about 21 miles to the 

 eastward of Smithtown. 



Results from Wading River. 

 As a number of insects of interest were found at Wading 

 River during the Decoration Day holiday in 191 3, it was thought 

 advisable to visit the place at the same time in 1914, to see if 

 these insects were still to be found. Accordingly on May 29 Mr. 

 Barber, Mr. Olsen, Mr. Nicolay and I went to Wading River, 

 where we stayed until the 31st. 



