INSECTS. 



FAMILY CICADIDJE. 



CICADA. Linn. 



^ Frosted Cicada, (7. pruinosa, ^Say;^ Jour. Acad. Nat. ScL, voL 

 iv., p. 330. The specimen was taken near the east end of Long 

 Island. No. 609, male. 



Dog-Day Cicada, C. canicular is^ (Harris.) Inj. Ins., p. 175. No. 610 

 male; 611, female. 



Creviced Cicada, C. rimosa, (Say.) Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi. 

 235. Two specimens were taken in Washington county the 

 middle of June, 1845. As these are the only ones I have ever 

 met with, I am led to suspect that, like the following, this 

 species may be periodical in the time of its appearance. No» 

 612, female. 



2 Seventeen- YEAR Locust, O. septendecimy (Linn.) Syst. Nat. ii. 

 Y08. No. 613, male. 



FAMILY FULGORID^. 



CIXIUS. Lat. 



Stigma-spotted Cixius, C stigmatus, (Say.) Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 iv. 336. On various trees and shrubs. No. 614, male; 615 

 female. 



Pine Cixius, *C. pini. Elytra with a few fulvous, cloud-like spots; 

 destitute of a larger black stigma and black band at the base. 

 Length to the tip of the elytra, 0.23, (twenty-three hundredths 

 of an inch.) Found on spruce, fir, and pine. Smaller than 

 the preceding, and evidently distinct. No. 616, male; 617, 

 female* 

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