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He writes, "during last June (1892) the periodical Cicada was quite 

 common here. * * * I thought it was unusual to find them in such 

 numbers four years after their regular appearance. The last regular 

 year was 1888." (See Insect Life, Tol. V, page 200.) 



If belonging to the 17-year race, the two records following should also 

 be assigned to this brood. Mr. A. J. Julian, Woolleys Ford, Hall County, 

 Ga., reports under date of June 14, 1898, that the Cicada was present 

 there iu 1892. Mr. J. W. Seaton, Strasburg, Cass County, Mo., writes 

 under' date of June 9 that the Cicada last appeared in that county in 

 the summer of 1892 and in the summer of 1896, being numerous both 

 years. The 1896 record refers to the 17-year Brood IV, and hence the 

 record of 1892 is probably also of the 17- year race occurring in the 

 same district. 



The scattering specimens recorded by Mr. Davis as occurring on 

 Staten Island in 1892 may also be assigned to this brood. 



NEW BROODS, 13-YEAR RACE. 



Brood XXIV, 1899.-^1?. P. Lynch, Commerce, Scott County, Mo., 

 under date of December 27, 1874, reports that the Cicada appeared in 

 the summer of 1873 in considerable numbers, coming in June and 

 remaining about two months. "Their eastern limit in this county 

 (Scott) was the Mississippi Biver, but they were as numerous on the 

 opposite side of tlie river in Alexander County, 111." 



Mr. W. S. Campere, Pickens Station, Holmes County, Miss., writes 

 under date of February 27, 1875, that the Cicadas appeared in great 

 numbers in April, 1873. These two records would indicate a brood 

 originating doubtless by retardation of individuals of Brood XXIII. 



Brood XXIX, 1904. — It is possible that the following records apply 

 to a 13-year race, and in that case should be assigned to our Brood 

 Xo. XXIX. 



Mr. C. J. Wellborn, Blairsville, Union County, Ga., writes under 

 date of June 12, 1885, that "in May, 1878, locusts appeared south of 

 this place and the northern limit then was the present southern limit 

 of the territory covered now (by Brood X, 1885)." 



Mr. James Pagon, Winnsboro, Fairfield County. S. C, writes that 

 locusts appeared in South Carolina in 1878, but does not give definite 

 localities. Both these records need confirmation. 



Brood XXX, 1905. — Mr. B. H. Brodnax, Brodnax, Morehouse Parish, 

 La., writes under date May 13, 1892, that Cicadas are scatteringly 

 present, and in a later letter he asserts that the insect in question is 

 the periodical Cicada, with which he is familiar. 



The records given above of new broods of the 13-year race are rather 

 unsatisfactory, and it may be true that the 13-year race has not by 

 any means distributed itself over its entire period, and the broods still 

 cluster about the two main representatives of the race, namely Broods 

 XIX and XXIII. 



