38 Journal New York Ext. Soc. IVol. ii. 



and leg sheaths somewhat more pellucid in color, extending verti- 

 cally to near or a little beyond middle of eighth segment. First 

 three abdominal segments short, fourth to sixth about twice as 

 long and nearly equal both in length and in width, the three 

 remaining segments (ii to 13) shortened and narrowed. Anal 

 seo-ment terminated by eight recurved hooks, six being in a trans- 

 verse row, and one dorsal of each end of the row, the median pair 

 longer than the others. 



Described from several specimens. Colors noted in life. 



For brief description of the net-like silken cocoon, see Can. 

 Ent. 1. c. The cocoons are very beautifully made. 



LOCAL ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Members of the New York Kntoiuological Society and all others, are solicited 

 to contribute to this column, their rare captures, local lists and other items of 

 interest relatiii;^ to the insect fauna of New York cit}' and vicinity. 



THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR CICADA ON 

 STATEN ISLAND. 



By Wm. T. Davis. 



The Seventeen-year Cicada occin-ed in vast nund)crs on Staten 

 Island in 1.S77, and consequently will appear there again during 

 the coming summer. This brood has been numbered XII by Prof. 

 Riley, and Dr. Fitch wrote of it in 1855 as inhabiting the valley of 

 the Hudson River. 



It may not be iminteresting in view of these facts, to I'ccord 

 the straggling specimens of the Periodical Cicada which have been 

 observed on the Island since 1877, a more detailed account of which 

 may be found in the Proceedings of the Natural Science Association 

 of Staten Island. 



In 1881, Brood XVIII, appeared on the Island in some num- 

 bers. Mr. Leng and I found a pupa under a stone, and on the 5th 

 of Jime eight specimens were collected. By the 1 2lh of the month 

 they had become quite numerous, and I counted about one tree, 

 fifty-two pupa skins. The brood to which these insects belonged 



