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THE PETUODTCAL CTCADA. 
any evidence of the occurrence of the In-ood. lie states, however, 
that the}" were quite numerous when they appeared before. The 
possibihty here, however, is pretty strong that there is a mistake in 
the date. 
Some unimportant new records were obtauied in 1904. Mr. S. D. 
Nixon found Uving cicadas, May 28, on a horse-chestnut tree in Mount 
Ohvet Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. Mr. Robert A. Kemj) reports that 
while collecting Lepidoptera in the woods at Catoctin Mountain, 
near Braddock, Md., his attention was arrested by the unmistakable 
cry of Tihicen septendecim. He was unable to secure the specimen, 
which was safely hidden in a dense grove of young chestnuts. He 
savs : 
Fig. 15.— Map showing distribution of Brood XII, 1921. 
I was loath to leave him inasmuch as he gave me a parting "Pharaoh" when I left 
him alone in his glory. I have heard during the past week in this same woods several 
specimens, and have not yet given up hope of securing one. 
Both of these records may relate to belated specimens l)elonging to 
reports 
and one 
Brood X of 1902. Mr. C. II. B()l)bit, of Baltimore, Md 
lliat lu^ lieard twenty or thirty in a little ])iece of woods 
captured s})ecimen was seen by Doctor Howard. 
Tlu^ records of this brood therefore are as follows, a 
or uiiimj-xii'taiit : 
Ili.inoi.s.^ — Jo Daviess County. 
Indi.\na. — Allen County. 
11 verv doubtful 
