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Journal New York Ent. Soc, 



[Vol. II. 



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EXPLANATION OF 



'I'elracha Carolina Z/////. Nat. size. 

 Cicindclaunipunctala Fahr. 



" celeiipes AiV. 



•' dorsal is Say. " 



" scutellaris vAX.rw'^\{TonsDtj. 



" longilabris S(JV. 



" var. perviridis 



" scutellaris var. 1 .econtei D,J. 

 se.xgiittata Juif'r. 



" var.patruela /?<y. 

 " purpurea 0//v. 



" " var. 1 i nibalis Khii;. 



" forrnosa var. generosa Dej 



LOCAL ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Members of the New York Entoiuological .Society and all otheis, are solicited 

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

 interest relating to the insect fauna of New York city and vicinity. 



NOTE ON THE PERIODICAL CICADA. 



By Wm. T. Davis. 



In the last number of the Jotirnal mention was made of the 

 various years since 1877 in wliich the periodical Cicada had aj^peared 

 on Staten Iskunl, and it was stated that Brood XII was expected 

 in May and June, 



Under some boards on the edge of the salt meadow at Old 

 Place Creek on the Islaiul, pupcv of this brood were found by 

 Messrs, Leng, Granger and myself as early as the 8th of April, 

 'l"he ground was moist and the insects had erected the usual cones 

 of mud, the boards not lying sufficiently close to the uneven ground 

 to jirevent their construction. The day was so cold that the 

 salamanders under the same boards were stiff and inactive; they had 

 to be held in the hand some time before they were able to walk 

 away, but the Cicada pupix; were much more lively, and retreated 

 down their tunnels when the day-light shown ui)on them A little 

 later in the month many pupa; were found in a garden at New 

 Brighton, and on the 22d they were numerous in wooded districts 

 under logs and stones as well as chips about the stumps of trees 

 felled in the winter. Many -more had no protection, and their 

 presence was indicated by the small irregular cones of earth among 

 the dead leaves. If these were approached silently the insects 

 would be found at the surface within, but a heavy foot-fall in the 

 vicinity was sufficient to frighten them into a retreat. By the time 

 this number of the Journal is issued, the perfect insects will be in 

 great numbers all over the Island and along the Hudson River. 



In mentioninir the Cicadas that appeared in 1881 on page 38 

 of this volume, they were referred incorrectly to Brood XVIII 

 instead of XVIl. 



