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The occurrence of belated individuals is amply substantiated by 

 records kindly placed at our disposal by Mr W T Davis of New 

 Brighton, who found periodical Cicadas on Staten island in 1895 

 and again in 1912. They were likewise found the past season 

 by Mr Davis at West Point. In all cases they were undoubtedly 

 belated individuals from the brood which appeared in such large 

 numbers in 1894 and 191 1. Mr Davis has also collected specimens 

 of this brood in 1893 and 1910, one year in advance of the normal 

 time for emergence. Mr Henry D. Lewis of Annandale informs 

 us that no belated individuals were observed by him in 19 12, though 

 he had seen them following earlier appearances of this insect. 



Juniper bug (Pentatoma juniperina Linn.) . This 

 large, green, reddish or pinkish margined stinkbug is comparatively 

 rare in New York State. It was found in unusual numbers on small 

 pines at North Chatham May 11, 1912, eight to ten occurring on 

 individual trees only three to four feet high. The insects did not 

 seem to be feeding. They had evidently recently emerged from 

 hibernation and were associated with specimens of Brochymena and 

 Euschistus. 



Mite migration. An interesting specimen of H e 1 o b i a 

 punctipennis Meign., a small fly only about three-sixteenths 

 of an inch long, was taken at Albany June 25, 191 1. The abdomen 

 of this specimen bore six relatively large mites, several of them 

 ranged one behind the other in a regular series. This mite was 

 submitted to Doctor Howard for determination and identified by 

 Mr Banks as a Gamasid belonging to the genus Seius and probably 

 undescribed. Mr Banks points out that these mites were probably 

 upon the fly for migratorial purposes and were not parasitic, despite 

 the fact that mites are frequently observed upon insects and com- 

 monly supposed to be parasitic. 



