REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQII 8l 



Central station, Storm King-. There are no records of the occur- 

 rence of this insect in the eastern part of the county. 



Queens county. It is presumed that the Cicada occurred in small 

 numbers in Queens county, since it was observed in Suffolk and 

 occurred abundantly in the not distant Westchester and Rich- 

 mond counties. 



Rensselaer county. The presence of Cicadas at Castleton was 

 reported by Mrs Matthew Hart. In the town of East Greenbush 

 they occurred in large numbers northeast of the village near 

 Elliott's Station on the Albany Southern Railroad. Mr James 

 Elliott remembers their appearance in both 1894 and 1877. They 

 were not so abundant seventeen years ago as in 1877. At East 

 Schodack, they were reported by James Loweree as very abund- 

 ant on the Thomas Collins' farm near the residence of John 

 Coons and about two miles west of the village of Nassau. He 

 states that they also occurred on the farm of Augustus Byers. 

 Abel Merchant reports that Cicadas were numerous on Dusen- 

 bury hill about three miles east of the village of Nassau and 

 between the residences of Joseph Miller and Stephen Miller just 

 off from the cross road near what is known as the Cold Water 

 Tavern. The insects occurred scatteringly in the vicinity of 

 the village of Nassau. In North Greenbush, Cicadas were very 

 abundant on the grounds of the Forbes Manor estate and north- 

 east on Quackendary kill according to Julius Keastner. They 

 were also numerous farther to the north opposite Maple Beach 

 Park. Mr M. B. Hartley of Schenectady states that there was a 

 large colony on the river road leaving North Troy or Lansing- 

 burg and near the shore at a point called " The Riffs." There was 

 a rather abundant colony along- the line of the Albany Southern 

 Railroad just south of Schodack Center and also in the vicinity 

 of Stop yy. There was a large colony near the Boston and Al- 

 bany tracks one mile south of the East Greenbush flag station. 

 Mr Fred M. Askins reported a very numerous colony in the town 

 of Schaghticoke for about two miles along the Hudson river and 

 south of Reynolds, the ground being honeycombed in places by 

 their galleries. The only record we have for this county in 1894 

 was that for Bath-on-the-Hudson (really Forbes Manor, North 

 Greenbush) where the insects were rather abundant. 



Richmond county. Cicadas were generally distributed in the 

 wooded areas on Staten Island (except in the small, so-called 

 pine barren region) according to Mr William T. Davis of New 

 Brighton who has kindly supplied us with the following data. 



