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the idea that some was secreted also from the cornicles being erro- 

 neous. He asked for observations of the members present on this 

 point. 



In reply to a question by Mr. Slingerland as to the number of 

 aphides whose birth had been observed, Mr. Rumsey stated that he 

 had watched the manner of birth of probably fifty individuals. He 

 also stated that he had never seen honeydew secreted from the honey 

 tubes, but always from the anus of the aphides. 



Four papers were then presented, and discussed at the close of the 

 last paper. 



UNUSUAL INSECT HAPPENINGS IN NEW JERSEY IN 1906. 



By John B. Smith. New Brunswick, N. J. 



The summer of 1906 in New Jersey was remarkable for continuous 

 rains during the middle of the season, favoring the development of 

 some crops and insects and interfering seriously with others. 



It seems contradictory to include the failure of the periodical cicada 

 (Tibicen sej)tendecim L.) to appear in Xew Jersey as scheduled as a 

 " happening," yet it deserves to be recorded as such. In 1889 there 

 had been no definite Xew Jersey localities for what was then known 

 as Brood VIII; but in that year I secured four, at such points as to 

 indicate a diagonal line of occurrence from the Palisades southwest 

 to the Delaware a little south of Camden. The insect was nowhere 

 very common and I doubted its reappearance in 1906. To cover the 

 ground as thoroughly as possible I asked every correspondent of the 

 office along this line to communicate with me, asked the members of the 

 Newark, New York, and Philadelphia entomological societies to keep a 

 lookout for specimens and records, and instructed Mr. E. L. Dickerson, 

 one of my assistants, to cover the most likely area of appearance per- 

 sonally, besides keeping an open eye for " signs " in the course of his 

 orchard and nursery inspection work. Mr. Dickerson was also asked 

 to verify reports that were received, and this proved a wise precau- 

 tion, since at least three records, apparently safe and in the proper 

 localities, proved on investigation to be based on error. Not a single 

 definite record did I get for New Jersey. Mr. Marlatt was good 

 enough to send me a record from Bergen County, his correspondent 

 claiming to have seen two specimens and to have heard of others 

 from several localities. This record has not been verified, but may 

 easily be correct, although my own correspondents in that same region 

 failed to find anything. In any case nothing but a fragment of the 

 brood remains in the State. 



Incidentally, my attention was drawn to the other cicada species 

 in the State, especially after the publications of Osborn, Davis, and 



