REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST [916 8? 



in large numbers all through the Onondaga valley and the Indian 

 reservation. They were also observed in considerable numbers in 

 the vicinity of the Syracuse caves and in Oakwood cemetery. 

 Oviposition commenced the last of June and every medium-sized 

 tree showed from a dozen to twenty-five or more wilted twigs. 

 The English sparrow was observed feeding upon the Cicadas, and 

 near the Syracuse caves the wings of these insects were very numerous 

 along the roadside. 



Madison county. The Cicada was not reported from any Madison 

 county localities the past summer, though it was recorded by V. H. 

 Lowe in 1899 from Chittenango and vicinity. 



Ontario county. Billsboro. The insect was reported from this 

 locality (P. J. Parrott, Geneva) and was recorded from the same 

 place by V. H. Lowe in 1899. 



Holcomb. About two hundred acres of orchards were very thickly 

 infested with Cicadas (W. D. Leonard, Ithaca). 



Ionia. Cicadas were reported as very abundant in a woods one- 

 half of a mile north of the village (P. J. Parrott, Geneva). 



Manchester. After diligent inquiry in regard to this insect, no 

 one seems to be aware of its presence this season in any locality 

 and many believe that it has broken away from its old custom of 

 reappearing every seventeen years (P. F. Lyman). The Cicada was 

 reported from this place by V. H. Lowe in 1899. 



Victor. Cicadas appeared in enormous numbers in several old 

 apple orchards north of the village. Some growers state that this 

 is the third appearance of the insects in their plantings. Nymphs 

 began to emerge from the ground during the last days of May and 

 were present in great numbers on June 7th. The trunks, large 

 branches and water sprouts were literally covered with thousands 

 of the moulted skins. A few nymphs were observed on June 23d, 

 adults were very abundant June 7 th and continued to appear as 

 late as June 23d. Oviposition was most active from July 1st to 

 9th; by July nth the Cicadas had practically disappeared. The 

 insects were destroyed in a number of apple orchards by blackbirds, 

 sparrows, chickens and ducks before there was an opportunity to 

 deposit eggs. On the larger part of one twelve-acre orchard there 

 was hardly a square foot of soil that did not show either the wings 

 or front claws and head or last abdominal segment or the entire 

 insect. In several instances as high as five or seven of the mutilated 

 Cicadas were observed in a single square foot. This condition pre- 

 vailed not only in the larger part of some of the orchards but to a 



