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represented by oih^ or inon^ (1(M1s(» swarms, sucli as arc ordinarih- 
charactenstic of tlu* species. Some of lli(\se rcM-ords of scat teriiiii; 
occurron('(^ may l)c hasi^l on stra^^j^liM's from precediiii: hroods or 
accelerat(Ml indi\idiials from followinij^ hi-oods and tlicrefore ma\ not 
mean more tliaii incipicMit swarms. Many of \]\v rccoi-ds wci-e scciire<l 
in 1S9S, Nslien a \(M"y carefid can\ass of {he w hole Cicada rc^^ion was 
m;id(^ i)y this Bureau willi the assistance of the wState entomolo«^ists. 
Tlie reports o])tain(Ml in 1S!)S, if they may be vvVwd upon, <>.\tend 
tlie raiiii^e of th(^ jxM'iodical Cica(hi in Wisccmsin and Miclii^^an mucli 
fartlier north than any of tlie ohl records. The h)caHties assi<^ne(l 
to this brood in North Carolina. South Carolina, and Ceoriria, and in 
Fig. 9. Map .sliowiiig dislribulioii 
eastern Kentucky and Tennessee are, in the main, in counties in tlie 
elevated mountainous district, and the correctness of the reference 
to this brood is esta})lishe(l by earlier records as \v(dl as indicated by 
the elevation. 
Reports of tlie occurrence of this l)r()0(l in ^h)ntana were s(>nt in by 
Mr. E. V. Wilcox, with the statement that the insect occurred in 
small numbers in the counties of Chouteau, Flathead, Gallatin, and 
Missoula, and that in the latter county some damage was done to 
young apple trees. This report w^as published in Bulletin bS of this 
Bureau, but doubts arose afterwards in the mind of the writer as to 
the correctness of the determination of the Cicada, as the more 
